HARRISBURG, PA. — A Pennsylvania appellate court is siding with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in a lawsuit over advertising that the company ran in Rolling Stone magazine in 2007.

The state Commonwealth Court’s Tuesday decision overturned a Philadelphia judge who ordered Reynolds to pay a $302,000 fine or pay for an anti-smoking ad in a Pennsylvania edition of the magazine.

At issue was a fold-out Camel ad promoting independent record labels that was placed next to illustrations produced by the magazine.

The court concludes that the Reynolds ad contained no cartoons and Reynolds had no control over the placement of the magazine’s illustrations.

A spokesman for state Attorney General Tom Corbett says his office is weighing whether to appeal.

source: app.com

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