snuff and chewing tobacco. So analysts will want to see how Altria’s Black & Mild cigars and Copenhagen and Skoal smokeless tobacco products, as well as Marlboro Snus, perform. It also owns a wine business, holds a voting stake in brewer …

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The company has shifted its focus on key brands and has also diversified into smokeless tobacco and dissolvables in an effort to seek broader appeal. In the first quarter, Reynolds American’s cigarette volume, excluding private-label brands …

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Reynolds American Inc., the nation’s second-biggest tobacco company, says its first-quarter profit fell 29 percent as restructuring charges and a decline in cigarettes sold offset the effect of higher prices and productivity improvements.

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The company has narrowed its focus to a few key brands–such as Camel and Pall Mall–for growth while also diversifying into smokeless tobacco and seeking broader appeal with Camel dissolvables. Reynolds American reported a profit of $270 …

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Researchers have confirmed a link between smoking and a reduced risk for a rare benign tumour near the brain, but the addition of smokeless tobacco to the analysis indicates that nicotine is not the protective substance. The study using Swedish …

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