(June 14, 2017, 4:06 PM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — Philip Morris USA Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. on June 7 joined Oklahoma tobacco wholesalers in filing a writ of prohibition to the state Supreme Court over the government’s attempt to pass a tax that would require tobacco wholesalers to pay an additional $1.50 per pack of cigarettes (James P. Naifeh, et al. v. State of Oklahoma, et al., No. 116102, Okla. Sup.)....