Read more Altria stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10958/altria.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:33:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74454/fla-jury-philip-morris-must-pay-ex-smoker-300m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA South Florida jury today ordered Philip Morris to pay $300 million to a former smoker, agreeing that the tobacco company's negligence was the cause of her emphysema. The award for Cindy Naugle, 61, is the largest to date among thousands of lawsuits filed in the state against tobacco companies....http://www.newser.com/story/74454/fla-jury-philip-morris-must-pay-ex-smoker-300m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:21:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/59877/cigarette-companies-lied-appeals-court-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTobacco companies engaged in “deceits” and knowingly marketed cigarettes without regard for consumers’ health, violating civil racketeering laws, a federal appeals court ruled today. In upholding the verdict in a landmark case brought by the Clinton Justice Department in 1999, the court refused to overturn a district judge’s order that...http://www.newser.com/story/59877/cigarette-companies-lied-appeals-court-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 15:20:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56133/big-tobacco-suffers-big-setbacks-in-dc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter years of winning its fights in Washington, Big Tobacco is steeling itself for a major defeat: Not only did Congress pass an excise tax hike of 62 cents a pack of cigarettes, which went into effect this week, but the House voted overwhelmingly to submit the industry to FDA...http://www.newser.com/story/56133/big-tobacco-suffers-big-setbacks-in-dc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Apr 2009 10:23:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36688/maker-of-marlboros-may-buy-skoal-for-10b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe nation’s largest cigarette maker, Altria Group, is in talks to acquire UST, the producer of Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobaccos for a rumored $10 billion, the New York Times reports. Altria, a spinoff of Philip Morris, makes Marlboro cigarettes. Negotiators were poised to strike a deal over the weekend,...http://www.newser.com/story/36688/maker-of-marlboros-may-buy-skoal-for-10b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Sep 2008 8:25:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30690/altrias-safer-smokes-latest-in-line-of-flops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAltria is dropping its Marlboro Ultra Smooth cigarettes, the Wall Street Journal reports—the latest in a growing list of failures to sell Americans on so-called "safer" tobacco products. The cigarettes, which used special filters to block carcinogens, failed to attract consumer interest in a 3-year test, "presumably because they...http://www.newser.com/story/30690/altrias-safer-smokes-latest-in-line-of-flops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Jun 2008 14:47:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29589/supreme-court-to-hear-79m-cigarette-verdict-for-3rd-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court today agreed to hear a third appeal of Oregon’s $79.5-million punitive-damage award against Philip Morris. The justices have twice sent the verdict back to Oregon’s high court, part of an effort to limit punitive damages to nine times the size of compensatory damages. This time, the...http://www.newser.com/story/29589/supreme-court-to-hear-79m-cigarette-verdict-for-3rd-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Jun 2008 13:04:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6648/tobacco-giant-plans-spinoff-of-overseas-arm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAltria, the world's largest tobacco company, wants to break its Philip Morris International unit off from its US counterpart, Bloomberg reports, to pursue greater overseas growth while insulating it from health-related US lawsuits. "Tobacco is growing overseas, while in the US it's in decline, making a reasonable argument for separating...http://www.newser.com/story/6648/tobacco-giant-plans-spinoff-of-overseas-arm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Aug 2007 16:03:07 CDT