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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to ban menthol cigarettes. He joined a bipartisan group of 23…
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The president of Reynolds American Inc. is stepping down. Parent company British American Tobacco PLC announced Wednesday that Ricardo Oberlander will…
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The national adult smoking rate has reached a historic low. But smoking cessation advocates say there is still more work to be done. The report shows that…
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Production will soon end at the ITG cigarette manufacturing plant in Reidsville, and 110 jobs will be eliminated. The plant closure is not unexpected. ITG…
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E-cigarette “vaping” is widely assumed to be safer than cigarette smoking, but scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have…
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U.S. health officials are making a new attempt at adding graphic images to cigarette packets to discourage Americans from lighting up. If successful, it…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's proposal to ban menthol cigarettes and restrict other tobacco products could make waves in North Carolina's…
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The CEO of Winston-Salem-based Reynolds American Inc. is stepping down. Debra Crew has been with Reynolds since 2014, but only took the CEO position at…
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A new study suggests smokers are increasingly turning to e-cigarettes over other tools to help them quit. The University of Louisville study provides a…
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The moment that industry watchers have been expecting for more than a decade is here. Winston-Salem-based Reynolds American, Inc. has finished its sale to…