Philip Morris offers 'cheaper' technology to curb smuggling
Tobacco maker Philip Morris will offer government a much cheaper technology using a numeric bar-code system to help curb smuggling.
Philip Morris USA filed two lawsuits in federal court yesterday in the Eastern District of New York against importers, CH Rhodes of Flushing, NY, and US Sun Star Trading Inc. of Brooklyn, NY The lawsuits are aimed at stopping the importation, distribution, and sale of counterfeit cigarettes and the unauthorized use of Philip Morris USA's