Marty Barrington, chairman, CEO and president of Richmond, Va.-based Altria Group Inc., expressed enthusiasm in a November call to investors, stating we have been building a portfolio of the leading platforms of noncombustible, nicotine-containing products for adult tobacco consumers, as well as preparing the scientific case for obtaining regulatory authorizations for them. Donnie Smith, vice president and controller for El Dorado, Ark.-based Murphy USA, expressed confidence that the FDA would follow through on its promised review of real science and understanding the unintended consequences of any regulation and said retailers like Murphy will benefit
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This growth is underpinned by category migration from combustible tobacco, ongoing product innovation in pouch and dissolvable formats, and expanding consumption in emerging markets across Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa
According to studies by the Connecticut Tobacco and Health Trust Fund and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 13.5 percent of Connecticut adults (18 and older), and 10.6 percent of high school students smoked cigarettes in 2015