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Justice Department Wants Public Release of Tobacco Warning Statements  

The Justice Department plans to ask a federal judge to make public the proposed statements the government wants tobacco companies to publish about the dangers of their products.

Department spokesman Charles Miller said the agency planned to file the proposed statements in a Washington, D.C., court Thursday, but ran into resistance from cigarette makers about whether the information should be made public now.

"It was our understanding that this would be publicly filed, but there is a difference of opinion on that," Mr. Miller said.

He said the agency will now raise the issue with U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler, who ruled in 2006 that tobacco companies violated federal racketeering laws by engaging in a decades-long scheme to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking.

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Ban on smoking in public places introduced in Alderney 

The measure was passed in January by a deciding vote from the president in the island's States, after members were tied on the issue.

A protest march was held against the ban, while publicans have raised concerns about the effect it will have on trade.

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