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Lawsuit: Minnesota town went too far in flavored tobacco ban

By John O'Brien | Thursday, Jun 25, 2020 @ 8:17am

MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – A Minnesota city has enacted one of the nation’s most “draconian’ anti-tobacco laws, R.J. Reynolds and other companies are arguing in a lawsuit filed June 17.
Tobacco giants complain L.A.'s ban on flavor isn't fair

By John O'Brien | Friday, Jun 12, 2020 @ 6:02am

LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Tobacco companies are challenging Los Angeles County’s anti-vaping law, claiming it punishes them and adult users of their flavored products.
Jury won't pin blame for nurse's lung cancer on R.J. Reynolds; Company argued she never tried to quit smoking

By Glenn Minnis | Wednesday, Apr 3, 2019 @ 11:43am

DEDHAM, Mass. (Legal Newsline) - A state court jury in Massachusetts has absolved R.J. Reynolds of all liability in the death of 54-year-old nurse Dawn O’Toole after lawyers for the tobacco industry giant stressed to jurors her habit of smoking was predicated on choice and she never really tried quitting.

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