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• Pennsylvania Attorney General Corbett Announces Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit Against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for Violating Cartoon Advertising Ban

  - 2007-12-04

  To: STATE EDITORSContact: Nils Hagen-Frederiksen, deputy press secretary of Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, +1-717-787-5211, Cell +1- 717-319-2252, nhf@attorneygeneral.gov HARRISBURG, Pa.,Dec. 4/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that Pennsylvania, along with several other states, have filed a series of multi-million dollar lawsuits against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for violating...

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• Doral "Seals for Soldiers Fund" promotion nets $502,000+ donation.(INDUSTRY NEWS)

  - 2007-04-01

  The nationwide Doral Community of smokers continues to show their support of servicemen and servicewomen around the world, by raising more than $502,000 for the Veterans of Foreign Wars' Operation Uplink program. Over the three years the promotion has been offered, the Doral Community of smokers...

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• Reynolds American, R.J. Reynolds Oppose N.C. Smoking Ban

  - 2007-03-21

  To: HEALTH EDITORSContact: Maura Payne, Vice President - Communications, +1-336-741- 6996, or Steve Kottak, Director - Communications, +1-336-741-3372, or David Howard, Senior Manager - Communications, +1-336-741-3489, all of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Reynolds American Inc. and its largest subsidiary, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, oppose...

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• Appalachian Oil Company Enters into Pretrial Diversion Agreement for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud After Selling Discounted Cigarettes to Wholesalers

  - 2007-01-31

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Heidi Coy, Public Affairs Specialist of the U.S. Attorney's Office, +1-540-857-2974, or fax: +1-540-857-2179 ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United States Attorney John L. Brownlee announced today that Appalachian Oil Company Inc. has entered into a pretrial diversion agreement with the United States for conspiracy to...

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• Farewell fruity fags.(STATELINE)(R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, flavored cigarettes)(Brief article)

  - 2007-01-01

  Candy-, fruit- and alcohol-flavored cigarettes will be harder to find now that the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company has agreed to stop selling them in 39 states. All flavored Camels, Kools and Salem cigarettes will be removed from the shelves. Anti-tobacco advocates call the settlement a good...

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• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. ends its Drinks on Us alcoholic beverage

  - 2005-12-15

  Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr. said yesterday the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., of Winston-Salem, N.C., has ended its Drinks on Us alcoholic beverage coaster promotion, which officials and liquor industry representatives criticized for encouraging excessive drinking. Curran, along with the attorneys general of New York and California, had...

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• RJR announces brand strategies.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.)

  - 2005-04-01

  A key objective of the new Reynolds American, Inc., following the merger of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co., was the development of a new brand-portfolio strategy for R.J. Reynolds. An analysis of each brand has led to a new...

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• Breaking up is tough.(R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s securities diversion case)(Editorial)

  - 2005-01-10

  The appellate court ruling in the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. case is clear - companies that offer their own stock in their 401k plans do so at their own peril. They ought to proceed carefully, recognizing that the interest of the participant in the investment is paramount...

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• RJR victorious in N.Y. health-care case.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-12-01

  The highest court in New York ruled in October that health-care insurance companies cannot legally sue tobacco companies for deceptive practices and recover damages for the health care costs of the people they cover. The New York Court of Appeals ruled that the...

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• Antitrust verdict favors R.J. Reynolds.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-12-01

  In October, a jury in Federal Court, North District of Illinois, unanimously ruled in favor of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N.C., in an antitrust suit brought against the company by Cigarettes Cheaper, a retailer headquartered in Benicia, Calif. "We are pleased with...

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