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lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Altria" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altria_Group" title="Altria Group – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Altria Group" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altria" title="Altria – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Altria" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="آلتریا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آلتریا" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altria_Group" title="Altria Group – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Altria Group" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altria_Group" title="Altria Group – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Altria Group" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altria_Group" title="Altria Group – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Altria Group" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Philip_Morris_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Philip Morris (disambiguation)">Philip Morris</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Altria Group, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Altria_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Altria_logo.svg/220px-Altria_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Altria_logo.svg/330px-Altria_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Altria_logo.svg/440px-Altria_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="490" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Philip Morris Companies, Inc. (1985–2003)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">NYSE</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nyse.com/quote/XNYS:MO">MO</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/S%26P_100" title="S&P 100">S&P 100</a> component</li><li><a href="/wiki/S%26P_500" title="S&P 500">S&P 500</a> component</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Tobacco_industry" title="Tobacco industry">Tobacco</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1985<span class="noprint">; 40 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1985</span>)</span> (as Philip Morris Companies, Inc.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_Metals_Company_International_Headquarters" title="Reynolds Metals Company International Headquarters">Reynolds Metals Company International Headquarters</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico County, Virginia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Billy Gifford (<a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chairman</a> & <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>21.111 billion</span> (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-10k_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10k-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$11.560 billion (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-10k_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10k-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$2.475 billion (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-10k_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10k-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$39.523 billion (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-10k_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10k-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> -US$1.606 billion (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-10k_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10k-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6,000 (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-10K_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10K-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Morris_USA" title="Philip Morris USA">Philip Morris USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Middleton_Co." title="John Middleton Co.">John Middleton, Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Smokeless_Tobacco_Company" title="U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company">U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Helix_Innovations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Helix Innovations (page does not exist)">Helix Innovations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NJOY" title="NJOY">NJOY</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horizon_Innovations_LLC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Horizon Innovations LLC (page does not exist)">Horizon Innovations LLC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.altria.com/">altria.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Altria Group, Inc.</b> (previously known as <b>Philip Morris Companies, Inc.</b> until 2003) is an American corporation and one of the world's largest producers and marketers of <a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">tobacco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cigarettes" class="mw-redirect" title="Cigarettes">cigarettes</a>, and medical products in the treatment of illnesses caused by tobacco. It operates worldwide and is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico County, Virginia</a>, just outside the city of <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_VA" class="mw-redirect" title="Richmond, VA">Richmond</a>. </p><p>Altria is the parent company of <a href="/wiki/Philip_Morris_USA" title="Philip Morris USA">Philip Morris USA</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Middleton_Co." title="John Middleton Co.">John Middleton, Inc.</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Smokeless_Tobacco_Company" title="U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company">U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company</a>, Inc., Philip Morris Capital Corporation, and <a href="/wiki/NJOY" title="NJOY">NJOY Holdings, Inc.</a> Altria also maintains large minority stakes in Belgium-based brewer <a href="/wiki/AB_InBev" title="AB InBev">AB InBev</a> and the Canadian <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)" title="Cannabis (drug)">cannabis</a> company Cronos Group. It is a component of the <a href="/wiki/S%26P_500" title="S&P 500">S&P 500</a> and was a component of the <a href="/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average" title="Dow Jones Industrial Average">Dow Jones Industrial Average</a> from 1985 to 2008, dropping due to <a href="/wiki/Corporate_spin-off" title="Corporate spin-off">spin-offs</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kraft_Foods_Inc." title="Kraft Foods Inc.">Kraft Foods Inc.</a> in 2007 and <a href="/wiki/Philip_Morris_International" title="Philip Morris International">Philip Morris International</a> in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Altria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Morris_USA#History" title="Philip Morris USA">Philip Morris USA § History</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Philip_Morris_tobacconist.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Philip_Morris_tobacconist.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>Philip Morris</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Philip_Morris_Ads.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Philip_Morris_Ads.JPG/220px-Philip_Morris_Ads.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Philip_Morris_Ads.JPG/330px-Philip_Morris_Ads.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Philip_Morris_Ads.JPG/440px-Philip_Morris_Ads.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2612" data-file-height="3417" /></a><figcaption>Advertisement for Philip Morris cigarettes during the early 20th century</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Altria_Center_For_Research_and_Technology.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Altria_Center_For_Research_and_Technology.jpg/250px-Altria_Center_For_Research_and_Technology.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Altria_Center_For_Research_and_Technology.jpg/375px-Altria_Center_For_Research_and_Technology.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Altria_Center_For_Research_and_Technology.jpg/500px-Altria_Center_For_Research_and_Technology.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Altria Center for Research and Technology in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Richmond,_Virginia" title="Downtown Richmond, Virginia">Downtown Richmond, Virginia</a>, March 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>Altria emerged from <a href="/wiki/Philip_Morris_USA" title="Philip Morris USA">Philip Morris USA</a>. The onset of "<a href="/wiki/Rebranding" title="Rebranding">rebranding</a>" of Philip Morris Companies to Altria took place in 2003 (Philip Morris would later split, with PM USA remaining Altria's primary and only consistently held asset). According to Altria, it was created because Philip Morris wished to emphasize that its business portfolio had come to consist of more than Philip Morris USA and Philip Morris International; at the time, it owned an 84% stake in Kraft,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although that business has since been <a href="/wiki/Corporate_spin-off" title="Corporate spin-off">spun off</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "Altria" is claimed to come from the Latin word for "high" and was part of a trend of companies rebranding to names that previously did not exist, <a href="/wiki/Accenture" title="Accenture">Accenture</a> (previously Andersen Consulting) and <a href="/wiki/Verizon" title="Verizon">Verizon</a> being notable examples,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though linguist <a href="/wiki/Steven_Pinker" title="Steven Pinker">Steven Pinker</a> suggests that in fact the name is an "egregious example" of <a href="/wiki/Phonesthesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Phonesthesia">phonesthesia</a>—with the company attempting to "switch its image from bad people who sell addictive carcinogens to a place or state marked by <a href="/wiki/Altruism" title="Altruism">altruism</a> and other lofty values".<sup id="cite_ref-Pinker_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pinker-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company's branding consultants, the <a href="/wiki/Wirthlin_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Wirthlin Group">Wirthlin Group</a>, said: "The name change alternative offers the possibility of masking the negatives associated with the tobacco business", thus enabling the company to improve its image and raise its profile without sacrificing tobacco profits.<sup id="cite_ref-ncbi.nlm.nih.gov_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncbi.nlm.nih.gov-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philip Morris executives thought a name change would insulate the larger corporation and its other operating companies from the political pressures on tobacco.<sup id="cite_ref-ncbi.nlm.nih.gov_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncbi.nlm.nih.gov-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The rebranding took place amidst social, legal, and financially troubled circumstances.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vagueness" title="Wikipedia:Vagueness"><span title="This information is too vague. (August 2013)">vague</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003 Altria was ranked <i><a href="/wiki/Fortune_(magazine)" title="Fortune (magazine)">Fortune</a></i> number 11, and has steadily declined since. In 2010 Altria Group (MO) ranked at <i>Fortune</i> number 137, whereas its former asset, Philip Morris International, was ranked 94th.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, a United States court found that Philip Morris "publicly ... disputed scientific findings linking smoking and disease knowing their assertions were false."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2006 ruling, a federal court found that Altria, along with R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard and Philip Morris were found guilty of misleading the public about the dangers of smoking.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within this ruling, it was noted that "defendants altered the chemical form of nicotine delivered in mainstream cigarette smoke for the purpose of improving nicotine transfer efficiency and increasing the speed with which nicotine is absorbed by smokers."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was done by manipulating smoke pH with ammonia. Adding ammonia increases the smoke pH, in a process called "freebasing" which causes smokers to be "exposed to higher internal nicotine doses and become more addicted to the product."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 30, 2007, Altria's 88.1% stake in <a href="/wiki/Kraft_Foods" title="Kraft Foods">Kraft Foods</a> was spun off, through a distribution of the remaining stake of shares (88.1%) to Altria shareholders. That same year, Altria began selling all its shares of <a href="/wiki/Philip_Morris_International" title="Philip Morris International">Philip Morris International</a> to Altria stockholders, a spin-off that was completed on March 28, 2008. Again in 2007 the company began the acquisition of cigar manufacturer <a href="/wiki/John_Middleton_Co." title="John Middleton Co.">John Middleton Co.</a> from Bradford Holdings, which was complete in 2008. After Philip Morris International spun off, the former international subsidiaries halted the purchase of tobacco from America, which was a major factor in the closing of a newly renovated plant in <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, an approximately 50% reduction in manufacturing, large-scale layoffs, and induced early retirements.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, Altria officially moved its headquarters from <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> to <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a>, after Philip Morris sold its downtown offices in New York City a decade earlier. With a few exceptions, all manufacturing, commercial, and executive employees had long been based in and around Richmond. Currently the company is headquartered in an <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated area</a> within Henrico County, less than five miles west of the city limits of <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a> and less than ten miles from its downtown Richmond campus. </p><p>Aside from the Philip Morris/Altria headquarters, some of their other buildings included the Altria Center for Research and Technology in downtown Richmond, their manufacturing center in South Richmond, and the adjacent operations center which began shutting down in 2007–2008, as a result of the loss of demand from PMI member companies. The layoffs beginning in 2007 affected thousands of Altria, Altria Client Services, Philip Morris USA, and contracted employees in Richmond and North Carolina. </p><p>In 2009, Altria finalized its purchase of <a href="/wiki/UST_Inc." title="UST Inc.">UST Inc.</a>, whose products included <a href="/wiki/Dipping_tobacco" title="Dipping tobacco">smokeless tobacco</a> (made by <a href="/wiki/U.S._Smokeless_Tobacco_Company" title="U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company">U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Wine" title="Wine">wine</a> (made by <a href="/wiki/Chateau_Ste._Michelle" title="Chateau Ste. Michelle">Chateau Ste. Michelle</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This ended a short era of competition between the new <a href="/wiki/Marlboro_(cigarette)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marlboro (cigarette)">Marlboro</a> smokeless tobacco products such as <a href="/wiki/Snus" title="Snus">snus</a>, and those produced by UST Inc. </p><p>On December 8, 2018, Altria announced its intent to acquire a 45% stake in Cronos Group for $1.8 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 20, 2018, Altria finalized the acquisition of a 35% stake in <a href="/wiki/Juul" title="Juul">JUUL Labs</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Electronic_cigarette" title="Electronic cigarette">e-cigarette</a> company based out of San Francisco, California, for $12.8 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 3, 2019, it was reported that Altria was taking a $4.5 billion writedown on its stake in Juul, 35% of its original value.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 28, 2022, it was reported that Altria's investment in Juul is now worth only 5% of the original amount of $12.8 billion. Despite the losses, Altria has announced that it will continue to support Juul and avoid investing in competing products.<sup id="cite_ref-juul_loss_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-juul_loss-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Altria is taking a stake in the global business of Swiss tobacco company Burger Söhne (Helix Innovations with the On! brand) for $372 million in June 2019. </p><p>Altria and <a href="/wiki/Japan_Tobacco" title="Japan Tobacco">Japan Tobacco</a> announced a <a href="/wiki/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">joint venture</a> called Horizon Innovations LLC on October 27, 2022. Horizon, owned 75 percent by Altria and 25 percent by Japan Tobacco, intends to sell <a href="/wiki/Ploom" title="Ploom">Ploom</a> <a href="/wiki/Heated_tobacco_product" title="Heated tobacco product">heated tobacco sticks</a> in the United States. <a href="/wiki/FDA" class="mw-redirect" title="FDA">FDA</a> approval was expected to take until 2025, with customers able to buy Ploom by 2027.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Altria completed the acquisition of <a href="/wiki/NJOY" title="NJOY">NJOY</a> Holdings, Inc. on June 1, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Finances">Finances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Altria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Finances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the fiscal year 2020, Altria reported earnings of US$4.45 billion, with an annual revenue of US$26.15 billion. Altria's shares traded at over $66 per share, and its market capitalization was valued at over US$118.5 billion in October 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2018, the company ranked 154th on the <a href="/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500">Fortune 500</a> list of the largest United States corporations by revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable float-left" style="text-align: right;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Revenue<br />in mil. US$ </th> <th>Net income<br />in mil. US$ </th> <th>Total Assets<br />in mil. US$ </th> <th>Price per Share<br />in US$ </th> <th>Employees </th></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td>18,790 </td> <td>12,022 </td> <td>104,270 </td> <td>9.59 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td>18,664 </td> <td>9,786 </td> <td>57,746 </td> <td>11.98 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td>19,356 </td> <td>4,930 </td> <td>27,215 </td> <td>12.11 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td>23,556 </td> <td>3,206 </td> <td>36,677 </td> <td>11.06 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td>24,363 </td> <td>3,890 </td> <td>37,402 </td> <td>15.08 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td>23,800 </td> <td>3,377 </td> <td>36,751 </td> <td>19.25 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td>24,618 </td> <td>4,167 </td> <td>35,329 </td> <td>24.79 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td>24,466 </td> <td>4,535 </td> <td>34,859 </td> <td>28.70 </td> <td>9,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td>24,522 </td> <td>5,058 </td> <td>34,475 </td> <td>35.86 </td> <td>9,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td>25,434 </td> <td>5,231 </td> <td>31,459 </td> <td>47.86 </td> <td>8,800 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td>25,744 </td> <td>14,215 </td> <td>45,932 </td> <td>59.00 </td> <td>8,300 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td>25,576 </td> <td>10,208 </td> <td>43,202 </td> <td>77.41 </td> <td>8,300 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td>25,364 </td> <td>6,955 </td> <td>55,495 </td> <td>48.89 </td> <td>8,300 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td>25,110 </td> <td>−1,300 </td> <td>49,271 </td> <td>49.91 </td> <td>7,300 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>26,153 </td> <td>4,454 </td> <td>47,414 </td> <td>41.00 </td> <td>7,100 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_governance">Corporate governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Altria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Corporate governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Board_of_directors">Board of directors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Altria&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Board of directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_directors" title="Board of directors">board of directors</a> of Altria Group as of February 2013 were:<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Bailey" title="Elizabeth Bailey">Elizabeth E. Bailey</a>, professor emerita, the <a href="/wiki/Wharton_School" title="Wharton School">Wharton School</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_L._Baliles" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerald L. Baliles">Gerald L. Baliles</a> (2008–2019), director, Miller Center of Public Affairs at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a>; former Virginia governor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Barrington" title="Martin Barrington">Martin Barrington</a>, chairman and chief executive officer, Altria Group, Inc.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Casteen_III" title="John T. Casteen III">John T. Casteen III</a> (2010– ), president emeritus, University of Virginia</li> <li>Dinyar S. Devitre (2008– ), special advisor, <a href="/wiki/General_Atlantic" title="General Atlantic">General Atlantic</a> Partners, New York, NY; former SVP and CFO of Altria</li> <li>Thomas F. Farrell II (2008–2021), chairman, president and CEO, <a href="/wiki/Dominion_Resources" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominion Resources">Dominion Resources</a>, Richmond, VA</li> <li>Thomas W. Jones (2002– ), senior partner, TWJ Capital LLC, Stamford, CT; formerly with <a href="/wiki/Citigroup" title="Citigroup">Citigroup</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Travelers_Companies" title="The Travelers Companies">Travelers</a> and <a href="/wiki/TIAA-CREF" class="mw-redirect" title="TIAA-CREF">TIAA-CREF</a></li> <li>Debra J. Kelly-Ennis (2013– ), former president and CEO of <a href="/wiki/Diageo" title="Diageo">Diageo</a> Canada, Inc.; also formerly with <a href="/wiki/RJR_Nabisco" title="RJR Nabisco">RJR Nabisco</a>, Inc., <a href="/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company" title="The Coca-Cola Company">Coca-Cola</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grand_Metropolitan" title="Grand Metropolitan">Grand Metropolitan</a></li> <li>W. Leo Kiely III (2011– ), retired CEO, <a href="/wiki/MillerCoors" title="MillerCoors">MillerCoors</a> LLC, Golden, CO; formerly with <a href="/wiki/Frito-Lay" class="mw-redirect" title="Frito-Lay">Frito-Lay</a></li> <li>Kathryn B. McQuade (2012– ), retired EVP and CFO, <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Pacific Railway">Canadian Pacific Railway</a> Limited; formerly with <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk Southern Corporation">Norfolk Southern Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="George Muñoz">George Muñoz</a> (2004– ), principal, Muñoz Investment Banking Group, LLC, Washington, DC; Partner, Tobin & Muñoz, Chicago, IL; formerly <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Private_Investment_Corporation" title="Overseas Private Investment Corporation">Overseas Private Investment Corporation</a> and assistant secretary of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Treasury_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Treasury Department">United States Treasury Department</a></li> <li>Nabil Y. Sakkab (2008– ), retired Senior Vice President, corporate research and development, <a href="/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble" title="Procter & Gamble">Procter & Gamble</a>, Cincinnati, OH</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Headquarters">Headquarters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Altria&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Headquarters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Altria_Building_(8156028882).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Altria_Building_%288156028882%29.jpg/220px-Altria_Building_%288156028882%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Altria_Building_%288156028882%29.jpg/330px-Altria_Building_%288156028882%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Altria_Building_%288156028882%29.jpg/440px-Altria_Building_%288156028882%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Former Altria Headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Manhattan, New York">Manhattan, New York</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Prior to being based in Virginia, Philip Morris had its headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a>, New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, Philip Morris announced that it would move its headquarters to Virginia. The company said that it planned to keep around 750 employees in its former headquarters. Brendan McCormick, a spokesperson for Philip Morris, said that the company estimated that the move would save the company over $60 million each year.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company now has its head offices in an <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated area</a> of <a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico County, Virginia</a>, near Richmond.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the company has a 450,000-square-foot, $350 million Center for Research and Technology located in downtown Richmond at the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_BioTechnology_Research_Park" title="Virginia BioTechnology Research Park">Virginia BioTechnology Research Park</a> that employs approximately 600 scientists, engineers and support staff. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diversification">Diversification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Altria&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Diversification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Altria, like other tobacco companies, has invested in science and medical companies, which develop and produce medical products for conditions caused or aggravated by smoking.<sup id="cite_ref-bmj_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bmj-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2024, Altria's three medical subsidiaries included the following: Cronos group (maker of recreational cannabis), Lexaria Bioscience (Developer of proprietary drug delivery technology, DehydraTECH, to improve <a href="/wiki/Active_pharmaceutical_ingredient" class="mw-redirect" title="Active pharmaceutical ingredient">active pharmaceutical ingredients</a> entrance into the bloodstream) and Micreos (biotech company focused on discovering and developing recombinant proteins for chronic dermatology and oncology conditions).<sup id="cite_ref-bmj_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bmj-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It has also designed and marketed <a href="/wiki/Electronic_cigarette" title="Electronic cigarette">electronic cigarette</a>. Altria launched the MarkTen and Green Smoke brands.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both of these were discontinued in December 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company returned to this market through the acquisition of <a href="/wiki/NJOY" title="NJOY">NJOY</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_influence">Political influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Altria&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Political influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Public_Integrity" title="Center for Public Integrity">Center for Public Integrity</a>, Altria spent around $101 million on <a href="/wiki/Lobbying_in_the_United_States" title="Lobbying in the United States">lobbying the United States government</a> between 1998 and 2004, the second-highest such figure for any organization in the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Altria also funded <a href="/wiki/The_Advancement_of_Sound_Science_Coalition" class="mw-redirect" title="The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition">The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition</a> which lobbied against the <a href="/wiki/Scientific_consensus" title="Scientific consensus">scientific consensus</a> on <a href="/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change" class="mw-redirect" title="Scientific opinion on climate change">anthropogenic climate change</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Daniel Smith, representing Altria, sits on the Private Enterprise Board of the <a href="/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council">American Legislative Exchange Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Altria&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2006, the Altria group was found guilty of civil fraud and <a href="/wiki/Racketeering" title="Racketeering">racketeering</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lawsuit claimed that Altria's marketing of "light" and "low tar" cigarettes constituted fraudulent misrepresentations under the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act (MUTPA) because it deceived smokers into thinking the products are safer than regular cigarettes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Altria&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tobacco_industry" title="Tobacco industry">Tobacco industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobacco_Master_Settlement_Agreement" title="Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement">Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Altria&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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