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Altria Group Inc (NYSE: MO) announced a $12.8-billion minority stake in Juul Thursday. The stock has fallen since traders began digesting the deal, but many analysts maintain that the investment improves Altria’s positioning in a tough regulatory environment as consumer preferences shift....

Earlier this month, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced its latest efforts to restrict tobacco companies marketing to teens. Tobacco investors are watching closely to see how the FDA plans to attack and how the industry will respond. Latest From The FDA On Nov. 15, FDA head...

What Happened The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced March 15 an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to procure information to help set the maximum nicotine level for cigarettes to non-addictive levels. 22nd Century Group Inc (NYSE: XXII), Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's policy shift on tobacco and nicotine regulation initially resulted in a 20-percent plunge in Altria Group Inc (NYSE: MO), the parent company of notable cigarette brands including Philip Morris. Needless to say, the FDA's crackdown on nicotine products is a...

Analysts warned investors Friday not to overreact to a Food and Drug Administration edict to cut nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels, saying it actually may be good for Big Tobacco’s profits. Regardless, shares of cigarette manufacturers plummeted when the FDA announcement came...

Cigarette manufacturers plummeted Friday on news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would take steps to limit cigarette nicotine to non-addictive levels. “The overwhelming amount of death and disease attributable to tobacco is caused by addiction to cigarettes – the only legal...