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Tobacco companies of the United States; Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. A. Altria (3 C, 6 P) American Tobacco Company ...
Kyiv Tobacco Factory, various Russian tobacco manufacturers Ukraine: since 1970 [citation needed] Prince: House of Prince British American Tobacco: Denmark: 1957; 68 years ago () [citation needed] Pueblo Pöschl Tabak Germany [citation needed] Pundimas Pundimas Nasional Indonesia [citation needed] Pyramid Liggett Group: United States: 1988; 37 ...
Tobacco companies of the United Kingdom (2 C, 15 P) Tobacco companies of the United States (8 C, ...
The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies who are engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products. [1] It is a global industry; tobacco can grow in any warm, moist environment, which means it can be farmed on all continents except Antarctica.
These companies are controversial due to the negative health effects of the products they produce, and attempts to misinform on this topic. [4] In the United States, the big five tobacco companies have worked together to conceal scientific evidence on the negative effects of tobacco. There is also a history of manipulating and destroying evidence.
Plug tobacco was once a much more common product, available to many American consumers during the 19th century. Two tobacco companies that historically manufactured plug are Liggett and Lorillard. (The latter was known for its Climax brand of plug.)
R. J. Reynolds, founder Share of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, issued 15 March 1906. The son of a tobacco farmer in Virginia, Richard Joshua "R. J." Reynolds sold his shares of his father's company in Patrick County, Virginia, and ventured to the nearest town with a railroad connection, Winston-Salem, to start his own tobacco company. [3]
The American Tobacco Company was a tobacco company founded in 1890 by J. B. Duke through a merger between a number of U.S. tobacco manufacturers including Allen and Ginter, Goodwin & Company, and Kinney Brothers. The company was one of the original 12 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896.