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Oregon Supreme Court Rules in Favor of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Medical Monitoring Suit

Friday, May 2, 2008 General News
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., May 1 The Oregon StateSupreme Court today issued its ruling in Lowe, a proposed statewide classaction in which plaintiff sought to make cigarette manufacturers, including R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, pay for medical monitoring of all Oregoncigarette smokers.
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The court ruled that the trial court's dismissal of the complaint and theintermediate appellate court's unanimous decision affirming that ruling werecorrect.
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"We are pleased with the Court's decision," said Martin L. Holton III-- general counsel for R.J. Reynolds.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, an indirect subsidiary of Reynolds AmericanInc. (NYSE: RAI), is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States,manufacturing about one of every three cigarettes sold in the country. Thecompany's brands include five of the 10 best-selling U.S. cigarette brands:Camel, Kool, Pall Mall, Winston and Doral. For more information, visithttp://www.RJRT.com .

SOURCE R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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