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Wednesday, October 7, 2026
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E-cigarettes

RICHMOND, Va. — Tobacco company Altria Group — the parent company of Philip Morris — announced Tuesday that an administrative law judge dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s complaint challenging its investment in e-cigarette company Juul Labs as anticompetitive. It says the ruling will be publicly available later this month.

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