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Jan. 24—DALLAS — The American Lung Association on Wednesday released the 22nd annual "State of Tobacco Control" report, which finds that Texas received 4 F grades and 1 D grade for efforts to ...
Merrell Williams Jr. (January 26, 1941 – November 18, 2013) was a whistleblower in the tobacco industry, revealing secret papers of tobacco companies showing that the companies had been lying to the public. It eventually resulted in a multi-billion-dollar settlement with the US states.
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 .
The bright-tobacco industry, 1860-1929 (1948) online; Wagner, Susan. Cigarette Country: Tobacco in American History and Politics (Praeger, 1971). online; Wailoo, Keith. Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette (2021) excerpt; Winkler, John K. Tobacco tycoon, the story of James Buchanan Duke ...
However, Sarah Jackson, principal research fellow at University College London's Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, said these statements "do not accurately reflect current evidence on e-cigarettes".
Philip Morris International (PMI) on Thursday unveiled a zero-tobacco stick for use with its "heat-not-burn" device IQOS, which may help the company avoid tax and other regulations that affect its ...
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]
Reynolds American, Inc. is an American tobacco company which is a subsidiary of British American Tobacco [5] and is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States. [6] Its holdings include R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, American Snuff Company (formerly Conwood Company), Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, and Niconovum AB.