( May 11, 2023, 1:58 PM EDT) -- Altria Group Inc. and its subsidiaries and the plaintiffs suing them in California federal and state courts on May 10 announced an agreement under which Altria will pay $235 million to settle thousands of lawsuits for allegedly causing a youth vaping epidemic, including personal injury suits brought by consumers and public nuisance and racketeering claims brought by school districts and other government entities....