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Bette Jean WALDEN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Laveon Austin Walden, Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY; Philip Morris USA, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Lorillard, Inc.; Liggett Group, LLC (f/k/a Liggett Group, Inc., f/k/a Brooke Group, Ltd., Inc., f/k/a Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company); and Vector Group, Inc. (f/ka Brooke Group, Ltd., Inc.), Appellees.
    No. 1D12-2914.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Dec. 31, 2013.
    Steven L. Brannock, Celene H. Hum-phries, Sarah C. Pellenbarg and Tyler K. Pitchford of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa; Matthew D. Schultz of Levin, Papanto-nio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellant.
    Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, D.C., Charles F. Beall, Jr. and Larry Hill of Moore, Hill & Westmoreland,
    
      P.A., Pensacola, for Appellee R.J. Reynolds; Joseph Hagedorn Lang, Jr. of Carlton Fields, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee Philip Morris USA, Inc.
   PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Roughton v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 129 So.3d 1145 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013); Gaff v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 129 So.3d 1142 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013).

BENTON, VAN NORTWICK, and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.