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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Bryan K. Stockdale, 50, has been named president and CEO of Conwood, the nation's second-largest smokeless tobacco manufacturer, effective Feb. 1, 2009. Stockdale will succeed William M. Rosson, 60, who plans to retire after 34 years of service at Conwood. Stockdale is currently senior vice president of marketing operations for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Reynolds...
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CQ (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
There, a cast of committee chairmen attempted to claim shared jurisdiction over the measure. While cigarette giant Philip Morris USA supported the legislation, second-level tobacco companies such as Lorillard Tobacco and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco made clear their strong opposition, arguing that the marketing restrictions in the bill would essentially lock in Philip Morris’...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: ) today declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company's common stock of $0.85 per share ($3.40 per share annualized). The dividend will be payable on Jan. 2, 2009, to shareholders of record on Dec. 15, 2008.This is the 18th consecutive quarterly cash dividend that Reynolds...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Some experts see Camel Snus, the new smokeless tobacco on the U.S. market, as possibly both carcinogenic and highly addictive, officials say. Snus packs a solid nicotine punch which researchers say is well above the amount in other popular chewing tobacco products.
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Camel Snus, the latest smokeless tobacco product to hit the American market, is not your grandfather's chaw.Available in three flavors and packaged in attractive tins, Snus does not have to be spit out and therefore can be used just about anywhere -- "at a concert, right in front of security guards," "on a jet from Miami to L.A.," or at an "overpriced tapas restaurant," a promotional brochure...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... suggests. And Snus delivers a powerful dose of : 8 milligrams in each pouch, a spokesman for the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, which manufacturers Snus, acknowledged on Wednesday. A pouch amounts to a single dose.That’s far more nicotine per gram than is present other popular chewing tobacco products, according to some researchers, who are concerned that Snus may turn...
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The Eagle Business (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
MOUNT STERLING, Ky. -- Lindsay Pasley is an eager young man in what used to be an older man's game -- tobacco farming.He recently took 20 tons of his early prep ...
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
MOUNT STERLING, Ky. (AP) -- Lindsay Pasley is an eager young man in what used to be an older man's game - tobacco farming.
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Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
MOUNT STERLING, Ky. (AP) -- Lindsay Pasley is an eager young man in what used to be an older man's game - tobacco farming....
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
MOUNT STERLING, Ky. - Lindsay Pasley is an eager young man in what used to be an older man's game — tobacco farming.He recently took 20 tons of his early prepared leaf to Clay's Tobacco Warehouse in Mount Sterling, due east of Lexington in the Appalachian foothills, where he said he earned enough to "have a nice Thanksgiving and Christmas."The auctioneer's singsong chant still rings out...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
MOUNT STERLING, Ky. -- Lindsay Pasley is an eager young man in what used to be an older man's game - tobacco farming.
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EdCone.com (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
"[A] green light to conventional fraud claims against the tobacco industry," given by Supremes. "Light-cigarette suits represent probably the most significant legal threat facing the tobacco industry, with dozens of smoker suits against Philip Morris, Reynolds American Inc.'s R.J. Reynolds...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday it voted 4-0 to rescind its guidance which had allowed tobacco companies to put tar and nicotine figures on cigarette packages derived from the Cambridge Filter Method.The agency said the numbers were misleading because smokers tend to inhale more deeply when they smoke cigarettes with less tar and nicotine."The commission believes the statements...
