The state is in line to receive about $14 million thanks to an arbitration panel's ruling in a multistate tobacco settlement dating back to 1998.

In between hours of oral argument over the federal health care legislation, the justices took the time to deny certiorari in the first of the Florida tobacco suits to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

A judge on Wednesday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing U.S. tobacco companies to put large graphic images on their cigarette packages later this year to show the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit lighting up.

Business groups are urging a federal court to uphold an order blocking the Food and Drug Administration from implementing a rule requiring tobacco product makers to place large, graphic warnings on product packaging.

The nation's two biggest tobacco companies, Philip Morris USA Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., have agreed to pay $6.25 million to support the country's largest online collection of internal tobacco industry documents, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Dane County judge has temporarily blocked a state crackdown on roll-your-own cigarette machines. The Department of Revenue has informed owners of the machines they need permits to operate, saying customers who buy loose tobacco from the stores and then use the machines to roll it into cigarettes are saving on taxes. Robert Petersen, who owns ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Rib Mountain tobacco store is suing the state over its attempt to pull the plug on roll-your-own cigarette machines. The Department of Revenue has informed owners of the machines that they need cigarette manufacturing and distribution permits to operate. Customers who buy loose tobacco from the stores, then use the machines to roll their own ...

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