( August 1, 2025, 7:54 AM EDT) -- WAILUKU, Hawaii — A Hawaii state court judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an elderly smoker with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who brought a products liability and fraudulent misrepresentation lawsuit against tobacco companies and a local retailer, writing that Hawaii’s entry into the 1998 master settlement agreement (MSA) with tobacco companies does not preclude individual smokers from seeking punitive damages....