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Brad Maurice Kelley (born 1956) is an American businessman who is the 9th largest landowner in the U.S., [1] with an estimated net worth of US$2.2 billion in 2018. [2] He founded the Commonwealth Brands tobacco company in 1991 and sold the company in 2001 to Houchens Industries for US$1 billion. [3]
As of October 1, 2021, according to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation, 82.1% of the U.S. population lives under a ban on smoking in "workplaces, and/or restaurants, and/or bars, by either a state, commonwealth, or local law", [2] and 62.3% live under a ban covering all workplaces, restaurants, and bars. [3]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaking at a Jan. 5, 2023, press conference after he vetoed state legislation that would have blocked cities like Columbus from banning the sale of menthol cigarettes and ...
USA Gold is an American brand of discount cigarettes currently owned and manufactured by ITG Brands, a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco. USA Gold brands were founded by Commonwealth Brands in 1991. [1] Until previous year, Imperial had steered clear of the U.S. market for fear of being embroiled in litigation brought against tobacco companies.
Owensboro will soon be home a $232 million investment and 450 new jobs. Here's what company is expanding in Kentucky Tobacco in Kentucky: This company announces major expansion in state.
Ohio is just the latest state to limit what local communities can do about tobacco use. At least 39 other states have passed similar laws, according to the American Lung Association .
Advertisement of the Tube Rose snuff tobacco, from a catalog of the 1920 North Carolina State Fair. B&W was founded in Winston (today's Winston-Salem), North Carolina, as a partnership of George T. Brown and his brother-in-law Robert Lynn Williamson, whose father was already operating two chewing tobacco manufacturing facilities. [4]
Opponents worry the bill's broad language could also make it harder to enforce local smoking bans on Ohioans younger than 21.