R J Reynolds Tobacco Corp

Sailing into uncharted waters, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. said Wednesday that it will begin making explicit health claims in advertisements for Eclipse cigarettes, stating that the low-smoke brand may reduce the risk of three major smoking-related diseases--cancer, bronchitis and emphysema--while creating less secondhand smoke. The announcement by RJR Chairman Andrew J.

In a devastating defeat for the tobacco industry, a Minnesota judge Saturday ordered the nation's major cigarette companies to turn over 39,000 confidential documents that they waged a long, bitter and expensive battle to keep secret. The judge ruled that the papers show evidence of crime or fraud.