LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The University of California is under fire for planning to kill monkeys and study teen smokers for a project funded by tobacco giant Philip Morris.
WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. anti-smoking group has bashed WebMD for allowing an advertisement on their Web site that is a front for a major cigarette company.
BOGOTA, April 25 (UPI) -- Tobacco giant Philip Morris announced the purchase Monday of nearly every share of Colombia's largest tobacco company, El Tiempo reported.
JAKARTA, March 14 (UPI) -- U.S. tobacco giant Philip Morris has offered to buy Sampoerna, Indonesia's third largest cigarette maker, in a deal worth $5.2 billion. Philip Morris agreed to acquire a 40 percent stake in Sampoerna for slightly more than $1.13 a share, 20 percent higher
NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The head of Altria, the U.S. food and tobacco giant, says he will split his company into two or three entities.
NEW ORLEANS, May 21 (UPI) -- Several major U.S. cigarette makers said they will appeal Friday's verdict ordering them to pay nearly $600 million for a stop-smoking program in Louisiana.
LOS ANGELES, July 31 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles jury ruled in favor of Philip Morris USA Inc. Thursday, rejecting allegations the tobacco giant was responsible for a man's lung cancer.
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., April 14 (UPI) -- A judge Monday halved a $12 billion bond for tobacco giant Philip Morris to appeal a $10.1 billion verdict against the company in Illinois. A Madison County jud
INDIANAPOLIS, April 14 (UPI) --
WASHINGTON, May 29 (UPI) -- Hundreds of dead bodies in bags are being carried out of trucks, one after another. One man yells, "Do you know how many people tobacco kills everyday? Twenty?