The US Justice Department is suing the world's leading tobacco companies for $289bn (£184.5bn) of their profits for the alleged fraudulent marketing of cigarettes. A court filing by the US government claims the companies lied about the link with cancer and the addictiveness of cigarettes...The main defendants in the case include Altria Group (Philip Morris), RJ Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard Tobacco, British American Tobacco and Liggett Group.