ban of flavored tobacco Local News Effective Date Delayed for California's

The UKs Imperial Tobacco Company and the American Tobacco Company (god I miss old corporate names) formed a joint venture to cross-sell each others cigarettes in their respective markets

Reynolds remained on the hook for the payments under a 1997 settlement in which cigarette makers agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars a year to the state because of smoking-related health costs and, in exchange, received liability protections

its right to compete as a legitimate commercial business selling a legal product"

This could include changes such as higher retentions, targeted sublimits, or exclusions aimed at managing uncertainty until litigation patterns and outcomes become clearer