R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

The FDA hopes that a new limit on nicotine levels in cigarettes will help people stop smoking, or avoid the habit altogether.

A Delaware judge says ITG is liable for payments to Florida in tobacco settlement

Associated Press

ITG must compensate Reynolds American for losses due, granting summary judgment in favor of Reynolds, which sold four brands to ITG to gain regulators' approval of its acquisition of Lorillard.

Health News Florida

Supreme Court To Take Up Tobacco Damages Dispute

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to take up a case in which an appeals court rejected a $30 million punitive-damages award against R.J.…

Regulators say R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must stop selling four kinds of cigarettes because the Food and Drug Administration said the company had failed to show they aren't riskier than cigarettes on the market before mid-February 2007.

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FDA Orders 4 Cigarette Products Pulled From The Market

Rob Stein

The Food and Drug Administration exercised its regulatory power to compel a tobacco company to stop selling cigarettes after the maker failed to show they don't raise new public health issues.