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Kool (stylized as KOOL) is an American brand of menthol cigarette, currently owned and manufactured by ITG Brands LLC, a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco Company. [1] Kool cigarettes sold outside of the United States are manufactured by British American Tobacco .
After competing tobacco companies Reynolds American Inc. and Lorillard Inc. merged in 2015, they were required by the FTC to divest four cigarette brands. Imperial then acquired cigarette brands Winston, Salem, Kool, and Maverick, along with blu eCigs from the Reynolds American-Lorillard merger for $7.1 billion.
On July 15, 2014, Reynolds American agreed to buy Lorillard Tobacco Company for $27.4 billion. [19] The deal also included the sale of the Kool, Winston, Salem, and blu brands to Imperial Tobacco for $7.1 billion. [20] In January 2017, Reynolds American agreed to a $49.4 billion deal to be taken over by British American Tobacco. [21]
Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta issues warnings to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and ITG Brands that they may be in violation of California's ban on flavored tobacco products.
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Its share of the retail cigarette market shrank from 50.9% to 45.9%. Altria's core business is still shrinking and the company is gradually running out of room to raise cigarette prices and cut costs.
In 1971, Kool cigarettes initiated an advertising campaign where consumers could mail order a Snark with the Kool logo on the sail for $88 (later $99) along with one KOOL carton flap; delivery was included. These were early (non-ABS) versions and retailed at the time for $120.
In 2004, a New York Supreme Court judge issued a restraining order on the company’s Kool Mixx campaign, which was designed to associate Kool with hip-hop. Big Gambling, too, is associating ...