Read more tobacco companies stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/16573/tobacco-companies.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:04:43 CSThttp://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/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/55014/smokers-gasp-at-highest-tax-hike-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSmokers are feeling pinched by today's 62-cent hike in the federal cigarette tax, the biggest ever. Federal taxes now top $1 per pack, CNN reports. At the same time, manufacturers and retailers have raised prices to boost dwindling profits. "They're picking on smokers," an 83-year-old said of the government. "I'm...http://www.newser.com/story/55014/smokers-gasp-at-highest-tax-hike-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Apr 2009 14:13:49 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 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39288/high-court-appears-cool-to-smokers-suit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSupreme Court justices appeared skeptical over a lawsuit against Philip Morris cigarette ads today, McClatchy reports. A group of Maine smokers claim that ads for Marlboro Lights are deceptive, saying the company knew smokers would inhale more deeply on them and draw in more chemicals. At stake is the power...http://www.newser.com/story/39288/high-court-appears-cool-to-smokers-suit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Oct 2008 18:15:46 CDT