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A Vermont judge ordered R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to stop deceptive advertising and pay $8.3 million to the state in penalties.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a $28.3 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in the death of a Florida smoker.
An ad campaign showing the shattered lives and bodies dealing with the realities of smoking-related diseases aims to get smokers to quit, U.S. officials say.
A Florida jury has held tobacco companies partly responsible for a woman's death but awarded her husband nothing.
Attorneys in a tobacco suit say three companies conspired to kill a deal that would have given $10 million to flight attendants suing over second-hand smoke.
The Canadian government has hit two major tobacco companies with $550 million in fines and civil damages related to 10 years of cross-border smuggling.
An appeals court in Ohio has ruled the R.J. Reynolds cigarette company did not intentionally target youths with an advertisement in Rolling Stone magazine.
A major U.S. tobacco company appears to be trying to bypass federal rules on product marketing with new branding approaches, researchers say.
UPI Almanac for Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
Eight states have filed a lawsuit this week against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco over its advertising spread in the 40th Anniversary issue of Rolling Stone magazine.
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