Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2003-01-15
Author: Associated Press, 1/14/2003 16
Intro: Philip Morris Cos. Inc. will not appeal a federal court ruling that let stand a 1993 Environmental Protection Agency report that said secondhand smoke causes cancer.
A spokesman for the nation's largest cigarette company said Tuesday the company has decided not to appeal a recent ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.
A three-judge panel of the appeals court ruled unanimously Dec. 11 that the EPA report on secondhand smoke was not a final agency action subject to court review. . .
Tom Ryan, a spokesman for the New York-based company, said Philip Morris ''has decided that continued litigation is not the best course to pursue at this time.'' . .
Ryan noted that the court's decision ''was based on the limited legal question of whether the courts have the power to review an agency finding,'' and did not address the actual content of the report.
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