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The article reports that companies including Modoral Brands Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. have submitted an injunction request to the U.S. Supreme Court on California's ban on flavored tobacco products.

Cites developments on the advertising accounts of companies in the U.S. as of December 13, 2004. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco's consolidation of the media planning and buying duties on its account at the Winston-Salem office of Mullen.

Reports that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco has settled lawsuits with the states of Illinois, Maryland and New York over a promotion for its Kool brand. Claim that the Kool advertising used hip-hop music to market the cigarettes to black children.

Reports that the Federal Trade Commission has approved R.J. Reynolds Tobacco's multibillion takeover of Brown and Williamson.

The article discusses a court case involving Stanford University professor Robert N. Proctor and the tobacco industry. Tobacco company lawyers cite Proctor for his criticism of a University of Florida professor about employing graduate students in her work as a tobacco company expert witness. The tobacco companies allege illegal witness tampering and witness harassment. The battle raises questions about the ethical obligations of professional historians who earn income as expert witnesses.

The article reports that voters in San Francisco, California have supported Proposition E, a measure that would ban the selling of flavored tobacco products, including vaping liquids packaged as candies and juice boxes, and menthol cigarettes. Topics covered include amount spent by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for multimedia advertisements likening the measure to Prohibition, percentage of voters who supported the ban and use of e-cigarettes by middle- and high school students.

WASHINGTON -- Philip Morris USA is pushing Congress to reject a tobacco buyout, a plan the nation's largest cigarette-maker supported as recently as last month. 'It's not a reversal,' said [...]

Residents of Tobaccoville have only one choice to make this election year - who will run their village for the next 24 months. Donald Rierson and Keith P. Snow are [...]

A day after it agreed to buy rival Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. reported continued weak sales that underscore the tough road that lies ahead [...]

Local community leaders greeted the news that Winston-Salem will remain a tobacco town with relief yesterday. And the possibility of about 800 new jobs cheered them even more. R.J. Reynolds [...]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. is buying Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., the U.S. cigarette business of British American Tobacco plc., for $2.6 billion in stock, the companies said yesterday. [...]

GREENSBORO - A federal judge gave final approval yesterday to a settlement under which three cigarette-makers and several tobacco-leaf buyers have agreed to pay $200 million to tobacco growers and [...]

A community task force recently formed to find ways to lessen the effect of layoffs in Forsyth County is lobbying state and education officials to help it meet the immediate [...]

ADKINS BETHANIA - Mr. Oscar Odell Adkins, 75, died Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2003. He was born Nov. 3, 1927, in Stokes County to Arthur Thomas and Eva James Adkins. He [...]

RURALHALL -- A hand-held computer replaced the chant of an auctioneer yesterday at the opening of the area's flue-cured-tobacco auction season . Farmers and an auctioneer at the Old Belt [...]

Small companies that make so-called deep-discount cigarettes will probably pressure profit at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other major tobacco companies for at least the next two years, a senior [...]

Thursday will mark the end of an era for Winston-Salem and Winston Cup racing when NASCAR announces a new sponsor for its marquee series. NASCAR said yesterday only that it [...]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. had its long-term credit ratings downgraded yesterday by Moody's Investors Service to below-investment grade or 'junk' status. 'The downgrade reflects RJR's uncompetitive operating-cost structure; Moody's [...]

Richard Bogan has resigned as the chief financial officer of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. after less than a year in the position, the company said yesterday. Dianne Neal, 43, [...]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. is changing its contracts with retailers as part of its parent company's effort to rethink the way it does business. 'The changes that we're making don't [...]

WASHINGTON -- In a dramatic shift, the Bush administration has decided to support a sweeping global anti-tobacco treaty drafted by the World Health Organization. The treaty is expected to be [...]

Hearing that the check's in the mail isn't good news unless you're in a budget crunch and $63 million is on the way. Just before the Tuesday deadline, tobacco giant [...]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. will switch from coal to natural gas and fuel oil next year to power its big cigarette-making plant in Tobaccoville because of new environmental regulations. 'We [...]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. and other tobacco-company stocks closed lower yesterday after an Illinois judge ordered Philip Morris USA Inc. late Friday to pay $10.1 billion in damages for [...]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. and its main subsidiary, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., were served with subpoenas in January from a federal grand jury in New York asking for 'documents [...]

2002 was a tough year for big cigarette companies, and this year is shaping up to be just as rough. The companies, including R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., are trying to [...]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc., Philip Morris Cos. and Japan Tobacco Inc. lost a round yesterday in their legal battle against European charges of money-laundering and tobacco smuggling. The European [...]

Even though R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other cigarette-makers are likely to match a temporary price cut announced recently by Philip Morris U.S.A., analysts say they don't expect the price [...]

When one company buys another, upheaval and change typically follow. Workers are laid off to cut costs. The new management starts to tinker with how business gets done. The name [...]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. of Winston-Salem and other U.S. cigarette-makers will face a new trial in a lawsuit brought by a former flight attendant who claims that she suffers breathing [...]

BARRINGER LEXINGTON - Carrie Matilda Nobles Barringer, 53, died Sunday at Lexington Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. Piedmont Funeral [...]

'We dropped the ball three or four years ago. But I was unaware three or four years ago that we had any situation at schools other than wannabes.' That's District [...]

WASHINGTON - Star Scientific Inc., a Chester, Va., company that claims to make less-toxic tobacco products, has filed a second patent- infringement lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. of Winston-Salem. [...]

Tobacco memorabilia auction helps build antique toy collection Tom Gray is transforming R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. treasures into toys. Gray is donating his collection of early Reynolds memorabilia, considered the [...]

Rick Minter R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and its Winston brand has dropped its sponsorship of races at 100 short tracks across the nation. Lanier National Speedway in Braselton is included. [...]

Chris Burritt Executives told RJR Nabisco shareholders Wednesday that the company's beleaguered tobacco business anticipates better times, despite legal threats, declining cigarette consumption and stiffening competition. 'We intend to be [...]

It didn't come as a surprise to anyone in this tobacco town, but Tuesday's news that RJR Nabisco Holdings is splitting its domestic tobacco and food businesses was greeted with [...]

Chris Burritt Gov. Jim Hunt, distressed by the unraveling of a $5.1 billion proposal to reimburse tobacco farmers, urged cigarette companies not to turn their backs on growers. The proposal [...]

Solar winds blowing at more than a million miles per hour hit the Earth's magnetic field on Wednesday, sparking what U.S. government scientists say could be a significant geomagnetic storm. [...]

One of these weeks, our expectations might get so low that even politicians can meet them. But last week didn't prove to be the week. The revelations came that some [...]

Controversy over Minnesota legislators getting tobacco money for their favorite charities spilled into the governor's campaign Wednesday Sen. Doug Johnson of Tower, one of six DFL candidates, revealed that a [...]

At least three prominent Minnesota legislators, including former Speaker Irv Anderson, accepted tobacco-industry checks for their pet charities in recent years while legislation to curb cigarette use was pending. Details [...]

Chris Burritt In oil paintings that hang in the lobby of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s headquarters, elegant couples in black tuxedos and dangling pearls are putting on airs. They smile, [...]