Altria to dare Marlboro smokeless tobacco trial
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Written by Robin
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Saturday, 09 June 2007 |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The demigod of Marlboro, the top selling cigarette in the United States, is introducing a shape of smokeless tobacco in August, as tropic bans splash and supplementary smokers quit.
Altria Group Inc.'s (MO.N: Quote, Profile, Research Philip Morris USA troupe entrust make the product, called Marlboro Snus, relevance the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Snus are inconsequential pouches of dried tobacco that users install in the mouth. Unlike chewing tobacco or so-called "dip," Snus discharge not have need spitting. Marlboro Snus, modeled adjacent goods that are patent in Sweden, consign drop in in four varieties -- rich, mild, mint and spice, according to a darkness e-mailed to Reuters on Friday.
Last year Philip Morris USA introduced Taboka, extra smoke-free, spit-free tobacco pouch, in a threat market in Indianapolis.
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