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• Tobacco company challenges states' authority 

General Tobacco, which owes the states approximately $284.5 million and faces delisting, said Monday that the company feels protected after an Arkansas judge said the company's brands cannot be taken off store shelves there over its failure to make payments under the multistate Master Settlement Agreement.

Vibo Corporation Inc., which does business as General Tobacco, is based in Mayodan, N.C. Its cigarette brands include Bronco, Champion, GT, Silver and 32⁰.

General Tobacco could be barred from selling its cigarette products in 18 states over its failure to make the MSA payments.

On Friday, a Pulaski County judge rejected Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's motion to delist General Tobacco's cigarette brands.

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