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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…

The president of Reynolds American Inc. is stepping down. Parent company British American Tobacco PLC announced Wednesday that Ricardo Oberlander will…

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…

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…

E-cigarette “vaping” is widely assumed to be safer than cigarette smoking, but scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…