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R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (2 C, 31 P) Pages in category "Tobacco companies of the United States" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
Eby-Brown is the largest privately owned tobacco, candy and convenience distributor in the United States. Founded in 1887, Eby-Brown has been led by members of the Wake family for over 50 years. On March 19, 2019, Eby-Brown announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Performance Food Group. [1]
More specifically, tobacco refers to any of various plants of the genus Nicotiana (especially N. tabacum) native to tropical America and widely cultivated for their leaves, which are dried and processed chiefly for smoking in pipes, cigarettes, and cigars; it is also cut to form chewing tobacco or ground to make snuff or dipping tobacco, as ...
2001–present – U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company; During the 19th century, chewing tobacco was distributed throughout the United States by George Weyman. Weyman was the inventor of Copenhagen Snuff, [8] and after his death, Weyman & Bros was acquired by the American Tobacco Company. [9] It is today known as the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company. [10]
The American Snuff Company, formerly Conwood Sales Company LLC, [2] is a US tobacco manufacturing company that makes a variety of smokeless tobacco products, including dipping tobacco or moist snuff, chewing tobacco in the forms of loose-leaf, plug, and twist, and dry snuff. [3] [4]
Hunan Tobacco Group People's Republic of China: 1951; 73 years ago () [citation needed] Galan Wismilak: Indonesia [citation needed] Ganas Ganas Tobacco company Indonesia [citation needed] Garni Grand Tobacco Armenia [6] Gauloises: Imperial Tobacco: France: 1910; 114 years ago () [citation needed] Geo Mild Roberta Prima Tobacco: Indonesia ...
Using chewing tobacco increases the risk of fatal coronary heart disease and stroke. [25] [26] In 2010 more than 200 000 people died from coronary heart disease due to smokeless tobacco use. [27] Use of chewing tobacco also seems to greatly raise the risk of non-fatal ischaemic heart disease among users in Asia, although not in Europe. [25]
America's Best Chew (formerly Red Man) is an American brand of chewing tobacco introduced in 1904. [1] Red Man traditionally came as leaf tobacco, in contrast to twist chewing tobacco or the ground tobacco used in snuff. It is made by the Pinkerton Tobacco company of Owensboro, Kentucky.