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Alfred Dunhill FRSA [1] (30 September 1872 – 2 January 1959) was an English tobacconist, entrepreneur and inventor.He is the progenitor of Alfred Dunhill, Ltd. a London-based luxury goods company owned by Swiss company Richemont and the Dunhill tobacco products company owned by British American Tobacco (now two independently owned entities).
John Joseph Eagan (April 22, 1870, in Griffin, Georgia – March 30, 1924, in Asheville, North Carolina) was an American industrialist and co-founder of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO). Eagan was the son and only child of John Joseph and Mary V. Russell Eagan of Georgia. His father died of tuberculosis on July 19, 1870.
The American Tobacco Company's assets were split off into: American Tobacco Company, the existing R. J. Reynolds, Liggett & Myers, and Lorillard. The monopoly became an oligopoly . [ 21 ] The main result of the dissolution of American Tobacco Trust and the creation of these companies was an increase in advertising and promotion in the industry ...
Hannah, Leslie. "The Whig Fable of American Tobacco, 1895-1913," Journal of Economic History 66#1 (2006), pp. 42–73 online, argues most historians misinterpret the company. Hirschfelder, Arlene B. Encyclopedia of smoking and tobacco (1999) online; Jacobstein, Meyer. The tobacco industry in the United States (Columbia University Press, 1907 ...
American Tobacco Company (25 P) B. Brown & Williamson (11 P) L. Liggett Group (1 C, 6 P) Lorillard Tobacco Company (2 C, 13 P) P. Philip Morris International (2 C, 13 P)
UST Inc. [3] was a holding company, [4] the biggest producer of snuff and chewing tobacco, [5] whose subsidiaries included U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company and International Wine & Spirits Ltd., which in turn is a holding company of Chateau Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, a vintner of premium wines. On January 6, 2009, UST Inc. was purchased by Altria.
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The Story of Tobacco in America (UNC 1949) Robert, Joseph Clarke. "The Tobacco Kingdom: Plantation, Market, and Factory in Virginia and North Carolina, 1800-1860 (Duke University Press, 1938). Tilley, Nannie May The Bright Tobacco Industry 1860–1929 ISBN 0-405-04728-2. online; Tilley, Nannie May The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (1985) online