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Kelly HayesSeptember 19, 2020

Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled Friday that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company will have to pay the state a one-time $92 million payment, as well as an estimated $30 million annually — a win for Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody. R.J. Reynolds was part of the 1997 settlement in which cigarette makers agreed to […]

Wire ServicesJune 8, 2020

R.J. Reynolds wants off the hook after it sold four brands.

Michael MolineAugust 13, 2018

State economists on Monday found millions of extra dollars for the state’s public schools, but also a $29 million shortfall in takings from tobacco taxes and a landmark legal settlement with the tobacco companies. The Revenue Estimating Conference projected that $128.4 million would remain unspent at the end of this fiscal year within the Educational […]

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