Altria and Philip Morris International Merger Talks End
Altria Group, Inc. has announced that merger discussions with Philip Morris International Inc. have ended. The two companies split after 2008 with Philip Morris...
Swisher International President and CEO Peter Ghiloni Announces Retirement
Changes are ahead at Swisher International, Inc. as its current President and CEO Peter Ghiloni has announced his plan to retire. News broke earlier...
NATO’s Unifying Era
It was November 2014 and the tobacco battleground was in Westminster, Massachusetts. The local board of health had proposed an outright ban of all...
Altria Commits Five Million Dollar Donation to Fight Racial Inequality
Altria Group, Inc. has announced that it will be committing five million dollars toward addressing systemic racism faced by Black Americans, which it hopes...
Turning Point Brands Names New CEO
Turning Point Brands, Inc. (TPB)–whose products including Zig-Zag, Stoker's and Solace Vapor–has announced that its current CEO, Larry Wexler, will retire in January 2022....
Swisher International Looks Toward ‘Record Growth’ With Internal Moves
Building on a its recent growth, Swisher International Inc. hopes to notch another record year and has taken several internal steps to move toward...
Javier Estades Re-Elected as Cigar Association of America Chairman
The Cigar Association of America (CAA) has announced that Javier Estades, president and CEO of Tabacalera USA, has been elected to a new three-year...
Philip Morris International’s IQOS Ordered Off the U.S. Market
Philip Morris International's (PMI) heat-not-burn device, IQOS, is facing another hurdle as the company attempts to grow its presence in the U.S. In response...
Altria and JTI Announce Strategic Heated Tobacco Partnership
Days after announcing an eventual end to its partnership with Philip Morris International in relation to the heat-not-burn device IQOS, Altria has revealed it's...
Park MGM Becomes First Smoke-Free Casino on Vegas Strip
The push for Las Vegas to go smoke-free has been simmering for some time and now the well-known Vegas Strip will see its first...
