In recent years, controversy in many state legislatures has erupted over the right way to tax smokeless tobacco. Even though the federal government taxes smokeless tobacco at a per-unit rate based on ...

July tax increases on some noncigarette tobacco products in Maryland have led to significant increases in prices, according to a study released Wednesday by a Maryland health advocacy groupthat pushed ...

By comparison, smokeless sales are growing by about 5 percent to 6 percent a year. With the deal for UST, Altria gained the top market share in smokeless tobacco with Skoal and Copenhagen at 59 ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Altria Group Inc will buy UST Inc , the largest U.S. smokeless tobacco maker, for $10.4 billion to expand in a growing market as domestic cigarette sales steadily decline. Sign up ...

CHICAGO, March 5 (Reuters) - Altria Group Inc is raising the price of Marlboro and other cigarettes by 71 cents to 81 cents per pack and is lowering the cost of the high-end smokeless tobacco brands ...

FARGO -- Chris Carlson’s nicotine habit started with chewing tobacco and his college fraternity brothers. He really got hooked in the mid ’80s as an exchange student in Sweden, where he says everyone ...

An insatiable demand for bacon depleted frozen pork belly supplies in the U.S. to a record low level for December, but the pork industry is confident it can keep up with demand and avoid any serious ...

Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Altria Group, Inc. (MO) is a major consumer goods company that focuses on tobacco ...

Smokeless tobacco company UST Inc. has finished moving its operations from Connecticut to Richmond, where its new parent company, Altria Group Inc., is based. Altria bought the maker of the Copenhagen ...