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ITG Brands, LLC is the third-largest American tobacco manufacturing company in the United States.It is an independent subsidiary of British Imperial Brands.ITG Brands markets and sells multiple cigarette and cigar brands and sells blu eCigs. [1]
In 2007, Imperial Tobacco entered the United States tobacco market with its $1.9-billion acquisition of Commonwealth Brands Inc., then the fourth-largest tobacco company in the US. [17] In February 2008, Imperial acquired the world's then fifth-largest tobacco company, Altadis, whose brands included Fortuna, Gauloises Blondes, and Gitanes. [18]
Winston is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by ITG Brands, subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco in the United States and by Japan Tobacco outside the U.S. [1] [2] The brand is named after the town where R. J. Reynolds started his business, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. [2]
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The brand was introduced by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in 1974. [1] More was originally marketed to both men and women and then changed its primary focus to female consumers. It typically has a dark brown (rather than the traditional white) wrapper and is typically 120 mm (4.7 in) in length.
Murray, Sons and Company Ltd began trading in Belfast in 1810, and became a limited company in 1884. [1] By 1921, it shared most of the Belfast manufacture of tobacco, cigarettes, and snuff with Gallaher Limited, who had moved to Belfast in 1867.
Salem was launched in 1956 by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as the first filter-tipped Menthol cigarette. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When the brand was introduced in 1956, Salem's slogan was "Take a puff, it's springtime" which was used for several years afterwards.
In 1856, John Middleton opened a tobacco store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Later, his family added more stores and a mail order business. [1] In 1950, the company began making its own pipe tobacco, and by 1959 sold its stores and concentrated on making and selling tobacco. [2] In 1960, John Middleton Co. moved to King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.