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PARIS (Reuters) - A French firm has found a way to make money out of the large health warnings now required on new cigarette packs in the European Union - selling colorful cases to hide them. The Paris-based Dolmen has begun selling thin cardboard boxes for smokers to cover cigarette packs which, under an EU rule that came into force on Tuesday, must carry warnings such as 'Smoking Kills' on every side. 'People don't like to go around with these ugly packs, they're a little bit ashamed,' said Christophe Blanc, a Dolmen official behind the idea. The casings cost around 60 eurocents (70 U.S. cents) and are decorated with checkerboard and flower patterns or portraits of Cuban revolutionary hero Ernesto 'Che' Guevara...
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