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VGR: Vector Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes in the United States. It offers cigarettes in approximately 160 combinations of length, style, and packaging under the LIGGETT SELECT, GRAND PRIX, EVE, PYRAMID, and USA brand names, as well as under various partner and private label brands. The company also develops reduced risk cigarette products. Its customers primarily include candy and tobacco distributors, the military and large grocery chains, and drug and convenience store chains. In addition, Vector Group engages in residential brokerage and real estate operations. The company was formerly known as Brooke Group Ltd. Vector Group was founded in 1911 and is based in Miami, Florida.

BTI: British American Tobacco p.l.c., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of tobacco products. The company offers cigars, cigarettes, roll-your-own, and pipe tobacco products under the Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Vogue, Viceroy, Rothmans, Kool, Benson & Hedges, State Express 555, Peter Stuyvesant, and John Player Gold Leaf brand names. It has operations in the Asia-Pacific, the Americas, eastern and western Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. British American Tobacco plc (LSE:BATS) operates independently of Remgro Ltd. as of November 03, 2008.

MO: Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes, wine, and other tobacco products in the United States and internationally. It primarily offers cigarettes under the Marlboro, Virginia Slims, and Parliament brands; smokeless tobacco products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky brands, as well as Marlboro; and machine-made large cigars and pipe tobacco. The company also maintains a portfolio of leveraged and direct finance leases principally in transportation, including aircraft, as well as power generation and manufacturing equipment, and facilities. It serves wholesalers, including distributors; large retail organizations, such as chain stores; and the armed services. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.