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Marlboro maker, Philip Morris International, is reportedly hitting the reset button on its $2 billion bet on medicine, as the company faces challenges in gaining regulatory approval for its smoke-free products. The company had invested heavily in developing inhalable drugs and devices, but is now shifting its focus to other areas such as nicotine pouches and heated tobacco products.
Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court upheld a nearly $37 million judgment for Patricia Walsh Greene, who claimed she developed lung cancer after switching from Marlboro Red cigarettes to Marlboro Lights because she thought they were less dangerous. The court found that Philip Morris' claim that Marlboro Lights were safer was false, and internal research conducted by the company in the late 1970s showed that the smoke from Marlboro Light cigarettes was actually worse. The court confirmed the jury did have sufficient evidence of Philip Morris conspiring with other cigarette manufacturers in a manner that did ultimately cause Greene's cancer and subsequent kidney failure.
A school bus driver strike was averted in Framingham and Westboro, but the union confirms it's still on in Marlboro. Members of Teamsters Local 170 had been demanding better wages. The NRT bus company provides services to Framingham, Marlboro and Westboro.