Philip Morris Gets Wash. Tobacco Deal Fight Sent To Arbitrator
By Rachel Riley ( September 4, 2025, 10:33 PM EDT) -- A Washington state judge has ordered R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to arbitrate rival Philip Morris USA Inc.'s claims that it breached a 2017 deal delineating billions of dollars in annual payments owed to states for Big Tobacco's public health toll by signing a new $277 million agreement with Washington in April....
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