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Against US tobacco giant Philip Morris

Uruguay wins case against US tobacco firm

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Uruguay won an arbitration case against US tobacco giant Philip Morris, which sued the state claiming its strict anti-tobacco law harmed the cigarette maker's business, both sides said.

"The Uruguayan state has emerged victorious and the tobacco company's claims have been roundly rejected," Uruguayan President Tabara Vasquez said in a televised address.

He was citing a decision by the World Bank's arbitration body, the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes.

Philip Morris reacted by saying "we respect" the verdict, which is binding in any case.

"For the last seven years, we have already been complying with the regulations at issue in the case, so today's outcome doesn't change the status quo," Marc Firestone, vice president of the US company, said in a statement.

Philip Morris had "never questioned Uruguay's authority to protect public health," he added. 

The case was more about getting "clarification" under international law about "an important, but unusual, set of facts," he said.

Philip Morris sued Uruguay in 2010 for $25 million over legislation enacted in 2006 banning smoking in public and tobacco advertising.
posed neutral packaging soon after, with retailers in both countries given months to sell existing branded cigarette stocks.

Norway and New Zealand said in May that they would follow suit.

The international move toward plain packaging comes as Philip Morris last year lost a four-year struggle to overturn legislation in Australia requiring cigarettes to be sold only in logo-free packs featuring graphic health warnings.

Source: AFP

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