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Tobacco President Clinton said today that he supports a bipartisan version of the effort to regulate tobacco sales and industry marketing practices. Among the provisions of the measure, offered by three senators, is a dollar-fifty per pack price hike over two years. It also allows future lawsuits against tobacco firms, something the industry had hoped to avoid. But it caps the amount companies would have to pay at 8 billion dollars a year. Mr Clinton says the bill is the first bipartisan measure to meet his goals for tobacco legislation. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

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President Clinton said today that he supports a bipartisan version of the effort to regulate tobacco sales and industry marketing practices. Among the provisions of the measure, offered by three senators, is a dollar-fifty per pack price hike over two years. It also allows future lawsuits against tobacco firms, something the industry had hoped to avoid. But it caps the amount companies would have to pay at 8 billion dollars a year. Mr Clinton says the bill is the first bipartisan measure to meet his goals for tobacco legislation. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.