Read more Philip Morris stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10959/philip-morris.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:07:27 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/69770/dow-up-36-points-consumer-stocks-gain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStocks posted gains today, closing out a strong week as consumer stocks saw advances, the Wall Street Journal reports. Procter & Gamble gained 3.21% after Citigroup upgraded the firm’s shares to “buy.” Optimism about a recovery in consumer spending drove Starbucks up 3.64%, with PepsiCo and Philip Morris...http://www.newser.com/story/69770/dow-up-36-points-consumer-stocks-gain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 15:20:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63605/aussies-may-charge-20-per-pack-of-ciggies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralians may be coughing up $20 for a pack of cigarettes if officials approve a new anti-smoking plan, the Age reports. The proposal, designed to cut Aussie smoking by a third, would ban all tobacco sponsorship and online sales, devote 95% of cigarette packaging to graphic health warnings, and tax...http://www.newser.com/story/63605/aussies-may-charge-20-per-pack-of-ciggies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Jul 2009 18:22:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62182/tobacco-bills-winners-philip-morris-lawyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama might have praised Congress' tobacco bill, but for George F. Will, the new legislation gives just two muscular groups reason to celebrate: Philip Morris and "the Democratic Party's fountain of funds, the trial bar." New restrictions on cigarette advertising will help Philip Morris vault over competitors, while a...http://www.newser.com/story/62182/tobacco-bills-winners-philip-morris-lawyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 7:55:01 CDThttp://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/54867/supreme-court-refuses-philip-morris-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBig business once hoped that the Supreme Court would use a tobacco lawsuit bouncing around the court system since 1999 to clamp down on the awarding of punitive damages. Instead, the AP reports, the Supreme Court gave a one-sentence order refusing to hear an appeal of a $79.5 million...http://www.newser.com/story/54867/supreme-court-refuses-philip-morris-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 10:19:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51195/florida-jury-awards-8m-to-smokers-family.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPhilip Morris must pay $8 million to the widow and son of a 55-year-old lung cancer victim, a Florida jury says. Jurors in the closely watched case decided that the cigarette maker hid the health risks and addictive qualities of cigarettes, the Miami Herald reports. Stuart Hess smoked about two...http://www.newser.com/story/51195/florida-jury-awards-8m-to-smokers-family.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 17:18:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50757/addiction-led-to-smokers-death-jury.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAddiction to cigarettes caused chain smoker Stuart Hess’ death from lung cancer, a Florida jury ruled yesterday, paving the way for his widow to receive damages from Phillip Morris. The case is the first of 8,000 to spin out of a landmark 1994 class-action suit. That case's $145 billion...http://www.newser.com/story/50757/addiction-led-to-smokers-death-jury.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Feb 2009 11:38:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44531/in-court-philip-morris-uses-civil-rights-smokescreen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPhilip Morris has cast itself as a civil-rights victim being denied due process, Stephanie Mencimer writes for Mother Jones . The tobacco giant, ordered by an Oregon jury in 1999 to pay $79 million in punitive damages to a woman whose husband died of lung cancer, has been fighting the award...http://www.newser.com/story/44531/in-court-philip-morris-uses-civil-rights-smokescreen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Dec 2008 15:17:10 CST