SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Tradewinds Master Fund (BVI) Ltd. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TRADEWINDS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LP THREE HARBOR DRIVE, SUITE 213 (Street) SAUSALITO CA 94965 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/14/2008	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol STAR SCIENTIFIC INC [ STSI ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Less than 10% owner	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	10,389,003	I	See footnotes(1)(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants	09/14/2008	09/14/2013	Common Stock	3,870,939	$2	I	See footnotes(1)(2)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Tradewinds Master Fund (BVI) Ltd. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TRADEWINDS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LP THREE HARBOR DRIVE, SUITE 213 (Street) SAUSALITO CA 94965 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Less than 10% owner

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Peters Scott (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TRADEWINDS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LP THREE HARBOR DRIVE, SUITE 213 (Street) SAUSALITO CA 94965 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Less than 10% owner

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* P.V. Partners, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TRADEWINDS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LP THREE HARBOR DRIVE, SUITE 213 (Street) SAUSALITO CA 94965 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Less than 10% owner

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Feehan Partners, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TRADEWINDS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LP THREE HARBOR DRIVE, SUITE 213 (Street) SAUSALITO CA 94965 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Less than 10% owner

Explanation of Responses:

1. Robert W. Scannell is a director Tradewinds Master Fund (BVI), Ltd. and the General Partner of Feehan Partners, L.P. and has voting and investment power over each entity?s respective securities. Scott P. Peters is a director of Tradewinds Master Fund (BVI), Ltd. and the General Partner of PV Partners, L.P. and has voting and investment power over each entity?s respective securities. Mr. Peters owns a Roth IRA and an Individual IRA and has voting and investment power over the securities held in them. Tradewinds Master Fund (BVI), Ltd. is a business company organized in the British Virgin Islands. Tradewinds Investment Management, L.P. is its investment manager pursuant to an investment management agreement over which Messrs. Scannell and Peters exercise voting and investment authority and control.(Continued in footnote 2)

2. Mr. Peters disclaims beneficial ownership of and receives no pecuniary interest from the securities held by Feehan Partners, L.P. and Mr. Scannell disclaims beneficial ownership of and receives no pecuniary interest from the securities held by PV Partners, L.P. or Mr. Peters? Roth IRA and Individual IRA Each Reporting Person individually owns less than 10% of the STSI securities, but as a group, the Reporting Persons own over 10% of the STSI securities.

	/s/ Jay. B. Gould, Attorney-in-Fact for P.V. PARTNERS, L.P.	09/22/2008
	/s/ Jay B. Gould, Attorney-in-Fact for FEEHAN PARTNERS, L.P.	09/22/2008
	/s/ Jay B. Gould, Attorney-in-Fact for TRADEWINDS MASTER FUND (BVI), LTD.	09/22/2008
	/s/ Jay B. Gould, Attorney-in-Fact for SCOTT P. PETERS	09/22/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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