Lorillard Tobacco Company

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corporation tobacco company

Lorillard Tobacco Company was a major American tobacco manufacturer, known for brands like Newport, that played a central role in the U.S. cigarette industry before its acquisition by Reynolds American.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Lorillard, Inc. 1
Newport (U.S. rights via Reynolds American) 1
P. Lorillard Company 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf corporation ⓘ
tobacco company ⓘ
acquiredBy Reynolds American Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Reynolds American
acquisitionAnnounced 2014 ⓘ
acquisitionCompleted 2015 ⓘ
brandPortfolioFocus premium cigarette brands ⓘ
brandStrategy focus on menthol segment growth ⓘ
businessModel manufacture and marketing of tobacco products ⓘ
controversy health effects of smoking ⓘ
marketing practices of menthol cigarettes ⓘ
corporateForm public company ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distributionArea United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

international markets ⓘ
foundedBy Pierre Lorillard II ⓘ
headquartersLocation Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the long-standing U.S. cigarette manufacturers ⓘ
industry tobacco industry ⓘ
involvedIn Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ
surface form: Master Settlement Agreement with U.S. states
knownFor menthol cigarettes ⓘ
legalInvolvement U.S. tobacco litigation ⓘ
marketPosition major U.S. cigarette manufacturer ⓘ
marketSegment adult cigarette smokers ⓘ
notableBrand Newport brand cigarettes ⓘ
surface form: Newport menthol cigarettes
notableBrandCharacteristic high share of menthol segment through Newport ⓘ
notableProduct Kent ⓘ
Newport ⓘ
Old Gold ⓘ
True ⓘ
parentCompany Reynolds American Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Reynolds American
predecessor Lorillard Tobacco Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: P. Lorillard and Company
productType cigarettes ⓘ
smokeless tobacco ⓘ
reasonForDissolution acquisition by Reynolds American ⓘ
regulatoryBodyOversight Federal Trade Commission ⓘ
Food and Drug Administration ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
regulatoryContext U.S. Food and Drug Administration tobacco regulation ⓘ
regulatoryIssues advertising restrictions ⓘ
health warning requirements ⓘ
sector consumer goods ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
stockExchangeListing New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
subjectOf public health debates on menthol cigarettes ⓘ
subsector tobacco ⓘ
successor R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ⓘ
surface form: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Reynolds American Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Reynolds American
tickerSymbol LO ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reynolds American Inc. → acquired → Lorillard Tobacco Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lorillard, Inc.
Philip Morris USA → hasCompetitor → Lorillard Tobacco Company ⓘ
Master Settlement Agreement → includesParty → Lorillard Tobacco Company ⓘ
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company → ownsBrand → Lorillard Tobacco Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Newport (U.S. rights via Reynolds American)
MSA → party → Lorillard Tobacco Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Master Settlement Agreement
Lorillard Tobacco Company → predecessor → Lorillard Tobacco Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: P. Lorillard and Company
Newport brand cigarettes → previousManufacturer → Lorillard Tobacco Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Newport (cigarette)
American Tobacco Company → successor → Lorillard Tobacco Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: P. Lorillard Company