In this Aug. 25, 2000 file photo, Jonnie Williams, chief executive officer of Star Scientific Inc., talks on the floor of Star Scientific Inc.'s tobacco processing facility in Chase City, Va. Williams, a former Virginia car salesman-turned-entrepreneur, is now caught in a growing political drama with the governor and state attorney general. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Masaaki Okada, File)

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When Jonnie R. Williams believed he had discovered a way to make tobacco less harmful, the Virginia car salesman-turned-entrepreneur tried to sell his method to anyone who would listen.

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