Philip Morris USA, maker of Marlboro and Virginia Slims cigarettes, on Monday said it plans to appeal a federal judge's decision to certify a national class of "light" smokers involving major tobacco companies.
Smokers today inhale more nicotine per cigarette than they did six years ago. That's the finding issued this week by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, which requires manufacturers selling cigarettes in the state to report on nicotine content annually. (Utah and Texas are the only other states to collect such data each year.)
