Tobacco

Raleigh Rally

Reynolds American supporters to protest proposed N.C. cigarette tax hike
RALEIGH, N.C. -- More than 400 employees of Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) and its operating companies will be in Raleigh, N.C., on June 16 to march and rally in opposition to Governor Bev Perdue's proposed $1 per pack increase in the state's excise tax on cigarettes.

Planning to join the employees will be the mayors of Winston-Salem, Tobaccoville and King, N.C., as well representatives from the North Carolina legislature. Tobacco growers, suppliers and friends of the industry have also been invited. Employees will march around the capitol then hold a rally immediately after.[image-nocss]

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Reynolds American is the parent company of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem; Conwood Co. LLC, Memphis, Tenn.; and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. Inc., Santa Fe, N.M.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco is the second-largest U.S. tobacco company. The company's brands include five of the 10 best-selling cigarettes in the United States: Camel, Pall Mall, Kool, Winston and Doral. Conwood is the nation's second-largest manufacturer of smokeless tobacco products. Its leading brands are Kodiak, Grizzly and Levi Garrett. Conwood also sells and distributes a variety of tobacco products manufactured by Lane Ltd., Tucker, Ga., including Winchester and Captain Black little cigars and Bugler roll-your-own tobacco. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco manufactures Natural American Spirit cigarettes and other additive-free tobacco products and manages and markets other super-premium brands.

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