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Posted: 5/13/2013 12:07:04 PM EST
FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2000 file photo, Jonnie Williams, chief executive officer of Star Scientific Inc., talks on the floor of Star Scientific Inc.'s tobacco processing facility in Chase City, Va. Williams, a former Virginia car salesman-turned-entrepreneur, is now caught in a growing political drama with the governor and state attorney general. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Masaaki Okada, File)
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Posted: 4/22/2013 7:13:26 PM EST
Paraguay's Colorado Party's Presidential candidate Horacio Cartes arrives to a press conference in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, April 22, 2013. Cartes, a tobacco magnate, won a five-year term with 46 percent of the vote over 37 percent for Efrain Alegre of the Radical Liberal party, the Electoral Court announced after most votes were counted. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
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Posted: 4/22/2013 7:13:26 PM EST
Paraguay's Colorado Party's Presidential candidate Horacio Cartes gives a press conference in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, April 22, 2013. Cartes, a tobacco magnate, won a five-year term with 46 percent of the vote over 37 percent for Efrain Alegre of the Radical Liberal party, the Electoral Court announced after most votes were counted. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
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Posted: 4/22/2013 7:13:26 PM EST
CORRECTS DAY Paraguay's Colorado Party's Presidential candidate Horacio Cartes gives a press conference in Paraguay, Monday, April 22, 2013. Cartes, a tobacco magnate, won a five-year term with 46 percent of the vote over 37 percent for Efrain Alegre of the Radical Liberal party, the Electoral Court announced after most votes were counted. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
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Posted: 4/22/2013 7:13:26 PM EST
CORRECTS DATE .- Paraguay's Colorado Party's Presidential candidate Horacio Cartes gives a press conference in Paraguay, Monday April 22, 2013. Cartes, a tobacco magnate, won a five-year term with 46 percent of the vote over 37 percent for Efrain Alegre of the Radical Liberal party, the Electoral Court announced after most votes were counted. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
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Posted: 4/21/2013 2:29:07 PM EST
Paraguay's Colorado Party's Presidential candidate Horacio Cartes shows his inked finger which was marked after casting his ballot during general elections in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, April 21, 2013. Most polls indicate that tobacco magnate and soccer executive Horacio Cartes of the Colorado Part will win the presidency handily over his chief rival, Sen. Efrain Alegre of Liberal Party. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
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Posted: 4/20/2013 12:14:24 PM EST
A man drives a motorized tricycle past a billboard picturing Colorado Party's presidential candidate Horacio Cartes, right, in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Friday, April 19, 2013. Paraguayan voters head to the polls Sunday to elect a new president. Most polls indicate the tobacco magnate and soccer executive Cartes of the Colorado Party, which held power for 61 years before losing to former President Fernando Lugo, will win handily over his chief rival, Sen. Efrain Alegre of the ruling Liberal Party. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
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Posted: 4/20/2013 12:14:24 PM EST
A worker repairs an election banner featuring Colorado Party's presidential candidate Horacio Cartes, in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Friday, April 19, 2013. Paraguayan voters head to the polls Sunday to elect a new president. Most polls indicate the tobacco magnate and soccer executive Cartes of the Colorado Party, which held power for 61 years before losing to former President Fernando Lugo, will win handily over his chief rival, Sen. Efrain Alegre of the ruling Liberal Party. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
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Posted: 4/6/2013 5:23:26 PM EST
In this combo of undated photos provided by Goldin Auctions, the front and rear of a 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card is shown. The T206 card, originally released by the American Tobacco Co., sold for $2,105,770.50 in an online sale, Goldin Auctions said Saturday, April 6, 2013. While the company said the price was a record for a baseball card sold at auction, a similar Wagner card in mint condition was purchased for $2.8 million in a private sale in 2007. (AP Photo/Goldin Auctions) Goldin
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Posted: 3/24/2013 1:43:41 PM EST
FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Democratic Senate candidate Richard Carmona gives his concession to Republican Rep. Jeff Flake at a Democratic Party gathering, in Tucson, Ariz., as the two were running for the Senate seat vacated by retiring Republican Jon Kyl. Former U.S. Surgeon General Carmona, who highlighted the dangers of secondhand smoke and supported a ban on all tobacco products, is joining the board of directors for NJOY Inc., the nation's leading electronic cigarette company — a move that could bring increased legitimacy to e-cigarettes as a viable alternative to traditional cigarettes. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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Posted: 3/24/2013 1:43:41 PM EST
Several different versions of the NJOY electronic cigarettes are shown in Richmond, Va., Friday, March 22, 2013. Former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, who highlighted the dangers of secondhand smoke and supported a ban on all tobacco products, is joining the board of directors for NJOY Inc., the nation's leading electronic cigarette company — a move that could bring increased legitimacy to e-cigarettes as a viable alternative to traditional cigarettes. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Posted: 3/20/2013 3:33:24 AM EST
A Filipino job applicant buys cigarettes while waiting for his documents to be processed Wednesday March 20, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. Health advocates picket the opening Wednesday of one of the world's largest tobacco trade shows dubbed ProTobEx ASIA at the World Trade Center in Manila and assailed the tobacco manufacturers and other industry players allegedly for the smoking-related deaths of 240 Filipinos everyday. The World Health Organization also expressed concern that the Philippines is encouraging smoking by hosting one of the world's largest tobacco trade shows, where city authorities lifted an indoor smoking ban for participants. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Posted: 3/20/2013 3:33:24 AM EST
Protesters heckle at foreign delegates attending one of the world's largest tobacco trade shows dubbed ProTobEx ASIA at the World Trade Center at suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The protesters assailed the tobacco manufacturers and other industry players allegedly for the smoking-related deaths of 240 Filipinos everyday. The World Health Organization has expressed concern that the Philippines is encouraging smoking by hosting one of the world's largest tobacco trade shows. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Posted: 3/20/2013 3:33:24 AM EST
Protesters heckle at foreign delegates attending one of the world's largest tobacco trade shows dubbed ProTobEx ASIA at the World Trade Center at suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The protesters assailed the tobacco manufacturers and other industry players allegedly for the smoking-related deaths of 240 Filipinos everyday. The World Health Organization has expressed concern that the Philippines is encouraging smoking by hosting one of the world's largest tobacco trade shows. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Posted: 3/20/2013 3:33:24 AM EST
A foreign delegate walks past protesters to attend one of the world's largest tobacco trade shows dubbed ProTobEx ASIA at the World Trade Center at suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The protesters assailed the tobacco manufacturers and other industry players allegedly for the smoking-related deaths of 240 Filipinos everyday. The World Health Organization has expressed concern that the Philippines is encouraging smoking by hosting one of the world's largest tobacco trade shows. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Posted: 3/20/2013 3:33:24 AM EST
Protesters heckle at foreign delegates attending one of the world's largest tobacco trade shows dubbed ProTobEx ASIA at the World Trade Center at suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The protesters assailed the tobacco manufacturers and other industry players allegedly for the smoking-related deaths of 240 Filipinos everyday. The World Health Organization has expressed concern that the Philippines is encouraging smoking by hosting one of the world's largest tobacco trade shows. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Posted: 3/20/2013 3:33:24 AM EST
Protesters heckle at foreign delegates attending one of the world's largest tobacco trade shows dubbed ProTobEx ASIA at the World Trade Center at suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The protesters assailed the tobacco manufacturers and other industry players allegedly for the smoking-related deaths of 240 Filipinos everyday. The World Health Organization has expressed concern that the Philippines is encouraging smoking by hosting one of the world's largest tobacco trade shows. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Posted: 3/19/2013 8:37:41 PM EST
New graphic cigarette packaging, released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration June 21, 2011, shows a varied collection of dead bodies, diseased lungs and a man on a ventilator were among the graphic images for revamped U.S. tobacco labels, unveiled by health officials who hope the warnings will help smokers quit. REUTERS/U.S. Food and Drug Administration/Handout
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Posted: 3/19/2013 8:17:28 PM EST
New graphic cigarette packaging, released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration June 21, 2011, shows a varied collection of dead bodies, diseased lungs and a man on a ventilator were among the graphic images for revamped U.S. tobacco labels, unveiled by health officials who hope the warnings will help smokers quit. REUTERS/U.S. Food and Drug Administration/Handout
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Posted: 3/19/2013 4:43:20 PM EST
FILE - This file combination photo made from file images provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows two of nine cigarette warning labels from the FDA. On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, the U.S. government said it won’t appeal a court decision blocking it from requiring tobacco companies to put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Attorney General Eric Holder said that the Food and Drug Administration will go back to the drawing board and propose new labels. (AP Photo/U.S. Food and Drug Administration, File)
