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Philip Morris USA

Philip Morris USA is the United States tobacco division of Altria Group

Altria Group

Altria Group, Inc. , based in Henrico County, Virginia, is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, John Middleton, Inc. and Philip Morris Capital Corporation, and is one of the world's largest tobacco corporations....
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ip Morris USA split from Philip Morris International in 2004. This has caused a drop in the needed cigarette production due to no need for export product. Philip Morris is planning to shut down its Concord, NC manufacturing facility and move all domestic production to Richmond, VA. The shutdown is planned to be completed by 2010.

On January 27, 2003, Philip Morris Companies Inc.

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Philip Morris USA is the United States tobacco division of Altria Group

Altria Group

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Philip Morris USA split from Philip Morris International in 2004. This has caused a drop in the needed cigarette production due to no need for export product. Philip Morris is planning to shut down its Concord, NC manufacturing facility and move all domestic production to Richmond, VA. The shutdown is planned to be completed by 2010.

On January 27, 2003, Philip Morris Companies Inc. changed its name to Altria Group, Inc. Even under this new name, Altria continues to own 100% of Philip Morris USA. Some view this name change as an effort by Altria to deemphasize its historical association with tobacco products.

In the fall of 2003, Philip Morris USA (abbreviated PM USA) moved its headquarters from New York City

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
to Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the Capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. Like all Virginia municipalities incorporated as cities, it is an independent city and not part of any county....
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Philip Morris USA Inc. home offices and facilities include headquarters, manufacturing, processing and support facilities in the Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the Capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. Like all Virginia municipalities incorporated as cities, it is an independent city and not part of any county....
area; a manufacturing facility in Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Cabarrus County is a county located in the south-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 131,063. A population of approximately 147,000 in 2005 represents a dramatic increase in population over the past 30 years, due largely to the growth of suburbs related to Charlotte, North Carolina, which is northe...
, which was closed in 2008; sales offices crisscrossing the U.S.; and an office in The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
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Philip Morris USA brands include Marlboro

Marlboro (cigarette)

Marlboro is a brand of cigaretteMarlboro is a brand of cigarette made by Philip Morris USA within the US, and by Philip Morris International outside the US....
, Virginia Slims

Virginia Slims

Virginia Slims is a brand of cigarette manufactured by Philip Morris USA. The brand was introduced in 1968 and marketed to young professional women using the slogan "You've come a long way, baby." Some media watch groups considered this campaign to be responsible for a rapid increase in smoking among teenage girls....
, Merit

Merit (cigarette)

Merit is a brand of cigarettes made by Altria. ...
, Parliament

Parliament (cigarette)

Parliament is a brand of cigarettes marketed by the company Philip Morris. The brand of cigarettes are distinctive for their recessed paper filter and a sharp, tangy flavor....
, Alpine, Basic

Basic (cigarette)

Basic is a brand of lower-cost cigarettes manufactured by Philip Morris USA, a division of Altria Group., Basic is the fourth most popular cigarette brand in the United States and the second most popular among White American smokers age 26 and older....
, Cambridge, Bristol, Bucks, Chesterfield

Chesterfield (cigarette)

Chesterfield is a brand of cigarette made by Altria. It was one of the most recognized brands of the early 20th century, but sales have declined steadily over the years....
, Collector's Choice, Commander, English Ovals, Lark

Lark (cigarette)

Lark is a brand of cigarettes introduced in 1963 by Liggett & Myers and notable for its charcoal filter and past advertising campaigns, among which was one featuring people on the street being asked to "Show us your Lark pack"....
, L&M

L&M

Created by the company Liggett & Myers, L&M is a brand of cigarettes produced by Altria Group, Inc. .Prior to a new roll out in October 2007, they were not very common in the continental US, but were and are sold almost everywhere in Puerto Rico, Israel, Syria and Egypt....
, Benson & Hedges

Benson & Hedges

Benson & Hedges is a British brand of cigarettes owned by the Gallaher Group, which became a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco in 2007. They are registered in Bond Street in London, and are manufactured in Lisnafillen, Ballymena, Northern Ireland for the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland markets, and by British American Tobacco PLC in Weybridg...
, Players and Saratoga.

Philip Morris USA

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