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FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A perjury charge has been filed against Susan Holmes, the woman who recently tried to use Colorado’s new “red flag” law to have a Colorado State University officer’s weapons confiscated. Earlier this month, Holmes filed an extreme risk protection order against Cpl. Phillip Morris. It was denied. Morris shot and killed Holmes’ son in 2017. The district attorney found the shooting to be “clearly justified.” A petition for an extreme risk protection order requires the petitioner to have a connection to the respondent, such as being a blood relative, a marriage or domestic partner, or having...

Phillip Morris, the world's biggest cigarette producer, announced today that they will join the marijuana legalization bandwagon and start producing marijuana cigarettes. Marketed under the brand "Marlboro M", the cigarettes will be made available for sale through marijuana-licensed outlets in the state of Colorado, and the state of Washington when it becomes commercially legal there later this year.

As Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., push bills this spring to heighten federal regulation of tobacco, expect newspapers to present “both sides” of the story by quoting cigarette giant RJ Reynolds opposite a group like Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids — painting the kind of industry-versus-do-gooder picture that characterizes coverage of most regulatory battles. But, as usual, that picture is false. The most important ally of the “Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act” is Philip Morris, the largest cigarette maker in the world. The anti-smoking groups, which have only a fraction of Philip Morris’...

A LAW ordering the Food and Drug Ad ministration to regu late cigarettes is moving through Congress -- but is it truly good for public health? Hint: Cigarette maker Altria (formerly Philip Morris) is one of the bill's strongest supporters. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has already gotten the measure passed in the House; Sen. Ted Kennedy is on track to get it through the Senate soon. The bill would give the FDA regulatory authority over tobacco -- but in the process, it gives cigarettes a virtual government stamp of approval, while impeding consumers' access to less-harmful alternative forms of tobacco....

Tobacco giant Philip Morris struck out again in its attempts to kill San Francisco's new ban on cigarette sales at pharmacies such as Walgreens and Rite Aid. A federal court judge in Oakland rejected an unusual first amendment argument. Philip Morris argued that the sales ban effectively kills in-store tobacco advertisements, a violation of free speech. But Judge Claudia Wilken didn’t buy it. She said the company could still advertise in any store it liked. Philip Morris said 20-percent of its San Francisco sales took place at Walgreens and Rite Aid, the two chains affected by the ban. The first...

As Serbian RTS central TV said in news bulliten representative of Phillip Moriss tobaco corporation for Kosovo and Macedonia was obducten infront of his apartment in Skoplje, Macedonia and by thugh pushed into car and taken in unknown direction. He was target last year of bomb attack.

CHICAGO, Dec 15 (Reuters)- The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a $10.1 billion verdict against Philip Morris USA, ordering a lower court to dismiss the case in which the company was accused of defrauding customers into thinking "light" cigarettes were safer than regular ones. The much-anticipated ruling sent shares of Philip Morris parent Altria Group Inc. (MO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) up more than 5 percent to a new all-time high. The court found that U.S. Federal Trade Commission rulings specifically authorized tobacco companies to characterize their products as "light" or "low tar and nicotine." The case has been closely...

(CNSNews.com) - When it comes to tobacco, New Jersey has been a leader at making it harder and costlier to smoke. Now, legislators want to raise the legal age for buying tobacco, a step that would make it the only state in the nation where you must be 21 to smoke. The bill's primary sponsor, Assemblyman John McKeon (D-West Orange) believes this bill would benefit teenagers and be easier to enforce. "The statistics are clear - 95 percent of all smokers start before they are 21," said McKeon. "In terms of age, it is very hard to tell the difference...

<p>Philip Morris USA's decision to desert the Big Apple for a new home down south will bring some real economic benefits to the Richmond area.</p> <p>But it may also revive Richmond's slowly fading image as a big tobacco town, which is just fine with some folks, not so fine with others.</p>

<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in California entered a directed verdict Tuesday in favor of the top two U.S. cigarette makers in a suit brought by the family of a deceased smoker, saying the plaintiffs did not bring enough evidence to back their claims that Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds were responsible for the smoker's death.</p>

STORY SUMMARY: Congress is holding hearings on proposals that for the first time would buy-out the Federal Tobacco Program. Tobacco manufacturers would pay for the multi-billion dollar buy-out legislation. One proposal, the McIntyre-Davis Bill, would eliminate the tobacco quota system and establish an open marketplace. The bill also includes FDA regulation of tobacco products. The following sound bites are available from Mike Szymanzcyk, chairman and CEO Philip Morris USA. (Szymanzcyk) The convergence of Federal Legislation and the tobacco quota buyout presents an opportunity for us to work together to insure that these complimentary goals are joined to fashion a comprehensive,...

A jury ordered Philip Morris to pay $150 million in punitive damages today in a lawsuit that contended low-tar cigarettes are as dangerous as regular ones. The jury found that Philip Morris had falsely represented that low-tar cigarettes are healthier, the first verdict in the nation to make that finding. The tobacco company said it would appeal. The jury also awarded $168,000 in compensatory damages to the estate of Michele Schwarz of Salem, who died of lung cancer at age 53 in 1999 after smoking low-tar Merit cigarettes. Schwarz had switched from a regular filtered cigarette because she believed the...