Natural American Spirit Cigarettes

2018: Another similar lawsuit was filed against Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Reynolds American Inc., and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in July. (Pontusson v. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company et al, Case No. 18-cv-594, M. D. NC.) The case was transferred to the multidistrict litigation (MDL) in August.

2016: Multiple false advertising class-action lawsuits against Santa Fe Tobacco Company and Reynolds American Inc. were transferred to one court to be heard together. The lawsuits claim the companies falsely market Natural American Spirit cigarettes in several ways, including, for example, representing that they are natural, additive-free, organic, and less harmful than regular cigarettes when such claims are not true. (In Re: Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL No. 2695, Lead Case No. 16-md-2695, U. S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation)

Click the case information below to see some of the complaints.

• Brattain et al v. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc., Reynolds American Inc. et al, Case No. 15-cv-4705, N. D. CA.
• Gudmundson et al v. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co., Inc. and Reynolds American Inc., Case No. 16-cv-20. D. V.I.
• Hebert et al v. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc., Reynolds American, Inc., and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Case No. 16-cv-1390, M. D. NC.
• LeCompte et al v. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. and Reynolds American, Inc., Case No. 16-cv-221, D. NM.
• Okstad et al v. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. and Reynolds American, Inc., Case No. 16-cv-84, M. D. FL.
• Sproule et al v. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. and Reynolds American Inc., Case No. 15-cv-62064, S. D. FL.
• Waldo et al v. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. and Reynolds American Inc., Case No. 16-cv-427, M. D. FL.
• White et al v. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc., Case No. 16-cv-209, D. NM.

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