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Text: Tobacco stocks remain strong buys after the defeat of the U.S. "nicotine tax" proposal and a reassuring update from British American Tobacco. In Payment, Mastercard and Visa each rebounded by more than 10%; U.S. holiday retail sales were strong and credit cards kept growing.
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