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PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL -- Attorney Work Product Prepared by SMBD & DOM for POTUS & USDOJ in Anticipation of Litigation UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF DETERMINED TO BE AN DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE MARKING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS INITIALS: @ DATE: 08/22/01 § PARENS PATRIAE, BY ITS ATTORNEY § GENERAL, JANET RENO, IN BEHALF OF THE § Civil Action No. CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES; and DONNA § E. SHALALA, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND § HUMAN SERVICES § § Plaintiffs § § VS. § § PHILIP MORRIS, INCORPORATED (PHILIP MORRIS § U.S.A.); PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC.; RJR § NABISCO HOLDINGS CORP.; RJR NABISCO, INC.; § R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY; BROWN & § WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION; § AMERICAN BRANDS, INC.; BRITISH AMERICAN § TOBACCO COMPANY, LTD.; B.A.T. INDUSTRIES, § P.L.C.; BATUS HOLDINGS, INC.; THE AMERICAN § TOBACCO COMPANY; LORILLARD TOBACCO § COMPANY; LORILLARD INCORPORATED; LOWES § CORPORATION; LIGGETT& MYERS, INC.; THE § BROOKE GROUP, LIMITED; LIGGETT GROUP, INC.; § UNITED STATES TOBACCO COMPANY; UST INC.; § THE COUNCIL FOR TOBACCO RESEARCH -- U.S.A., § INC.; THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE, INC. § § Defendants § COMPLAINT The Plaintiffs complain against the Defendants as follows: