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    Courtesy Independent..........

    Smoking gun? David Cameron dodges Lynton Crosby cigarette packaging controversy question

    Tory strategist's links to cigarette giant pile pressure on PM after tobacco policy U-turn

    David Cameron was mired in a deepening controversy last night over allegations that

    Lynton Crosby, the Conservatives' election strategist, may have influenced the Government's policy

    to help clients of his lobbying company.

    The Prime Minister was accused of using "weasel words" after he and his official spokesmen

    repeatedly refused to answer the question of whether he discussed plans to bring in plain

    packaging for cigarettes with Mr Crosby, whose company Crosby Textor represents the tobacco

    giant Philip Morris. The proposal was dropped from the Queen's Speech in May after

    Mr Crosby urged ministers to focus on mainstream issues rather than unpopular causes.

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