An advertisement in Rolling Stone magazine three weeks ago led Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler to file a lawsuit Tuesday against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for $2.5 million seeking to stop the tobacco giant from further distribution of the cartoons and a related CD.

The lawsuit also asked the court to order RJR to pay a sanction of $100 for each magazine and CD distributed in Maryland. Gansler also wanted the firm to place full-page anti-smoking ads in Rolling Stone.

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