Tobacco Companies Prevail When Plaintiff Fails To Prove Causation

Mealey's (February 19, 2019, 9:38 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — In a Feb. 14 holding, a Pennsylvania federal judge granted R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other defendants summary judgment on claims by a continuing smoker that the tobacco industry’s use of ammoniated ingredients in cigarettes turned him into a nicotine addict (Ted A. McCracken v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al., No. 17-4495, E.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24091)....