tobacco lawsuits

Arguments involve allegations that the tobacco industry conspired to conceal info about smoking. More broadly, companies want justices to reconsider the decision that spurred the torrent of litigation.

A jury awarded damages to the estate of Janice Hamilton, a smoker who died of lung cancer. But R.J. Reynolds argued in the appeal that a circuit judge improperly allowed a hearsay statement.

In a defeat for the tobacco industry, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday opened cigarette makers to more potential punitive damages in lawsuits…

A $100 million settlement has been reached between three major tobacco companies and hundreds of people who sued them for smoking-related deaths and…

America's biggest tobacco companies say they are ready and willing to pass along factual public health information about cigarettes.But they say they will…