Tobacco manufacturers and retailers engaged in "unlawful practices" as they swapped information about the future prices of cigarettes, the Office of Fair Trading has claimed.

Added: 2008-04-26

OFT accuses tobacco companies and retailers of colluding on cigarette prices

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