Big Tobacco

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Big Tobacco is the nickname that is often applied to the "big three" tobacco corporations in the United States. The phrase is often used in TheTruth.com, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and other anti-smoking ad campaigns funded by the Master Settlement Agreement. The term usually refers to tobacco companies R. J. Reynolds, Philip Morris, and British American Tobacco, but can also refer to other companies such as Lorilard or Brown & Williamson, especially if as a whole.

[edit] Other uses

One of the villains in the comic movie Mystery Men, the cigar-chomping leader of a business-themed gang, uses the pseudonym 'Big Tobacco'.

[edit] See also

• Altria Group (formerly Philip Morris USA)
• American Tobacco Company
• British American Tobacco
• Brown & Williamson
• Liggett Group
• Lorillard Tobacco Company
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Reynolds American Inc.
• Big Oil
• Big Chocolate