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Trial Opens in Florida Widow's Tobacco LawsuitAssociate Press - A closely watched lawsuit against tobacco companies filed by a Florida widow is going to trial in Broward County. It's the first such case to go to trial since the Florida Supreme Court in 2006 threw out a record $145 billion class-action verdict in a Miami case. The Supreme Court said each case would have to be decided individually and about 8,quit smoking now,000 have since been filed.Philip Morris,quit smoking, Swedish Match to Sell Snuff Globally Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Philip Morris International Inc., the largest publicly traded cigarette company, will jointly sell snuff worldwide with Swedish Match AB, broadening the company’s product range as it targets emerging markets for growth. The companies also said today that they’ll press the European Union to scrap a ban on Nordic-style smokeless tobacco, known as snus, which they say is a less unhealthy alternative to cigarettes.