The more important concessions , however , were 1 ) Liggett 's admission that the industry had consciously marketed tobacco to minors ( which will increase congressional support for stiff regulation of the industry ) and 2 ) its release--temporarily blocked by a North Carolina court--of documents from strategy meetings among lawyers for the five biggest tobacco companies , which industry critics believe will prove a conspiracy of deceit .
The industry had tried saying that minors were not targeted in the marketing of tobacco .