Altria Group Inc.

Altria Group Inc.

• Marlboro maker Altria to jump into e-cigarettes

  The Marlboro Man may soon be hitching his wagon to a new kind of cigarette. Altria Group Inc., owner of the nation's biggest cigarette maker, Philip ... 

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  NYC proposes raising age for cigarette purchases

  After years of striving to set a national agenda for curbing smoking, New York City may set a new bar by becoming the most populous place in America ... 

• Philip Morris Int'l 1Q profit falls nearly 2 pct

  Cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit fell nearly 2 percent on a decline in the number of ... 

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  Critics revive past promises to knock Obama budget

  Advocates for seniors say President Barack Obama is breaking his promise to protect Social Security, while conservatives say he is breaking his ... 

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  APNewsBreak: US to revise cigarette warning labels

  The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the ... 

• Philip Morris Int'l CEO Camilleri to step down

  Philip Morris International Inc. said Wednesday that CEO Louis C. Camilleri will step down and be replaced by the man who led it before it became an ... 

• FDA names new head of tobacco products center

  A Food and Drug Administration veteran who helped spearhead efforts to regulate the tobacco industry in the 1990s is taking over the agency's Center ... 

• Marlboro maker Altria 4Q profit up 32 percent

  Marlboro maker Altria Group's fourth-quarter profit rose about 32 percent as it commanded higher prices for cigarettes and smokeless tobacco and ... 

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  FDA review of tobacco products grinds to a halt

  Talk about a smoke break. Tobacco companies have introduced almost no new cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products in the U.S. in more than 18 months ... 

• Judge orders tobacco companies to say they lied

  A federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and that ...