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A Federal Court has ordered Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard, and Philip Morris USA to make these statements:

  • Health effects of smoking
  • Addictiveness of smoking and nicotine 
  • Low tar and light cigarettes being as harmful as regular cigarettes
  • Designing cigarettes to enhance the delivery of nicotine
  • Health effects of secondhand smoke
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Altria Increases Quarterly Dividend by 4.7% to $0.90 Per Share

August 26, 2021

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Altria Reports 2021 Second Quarter and First-Half Earnings Results

July 29, 2021

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Our Approach to Harm Reduction

We believe the future of our industry is about innovation, harm reduction and informed consumer choice.
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RESPONSIBILITY

Helping Reduce Underage
Tobacco Use

Kids should not smoke, vape or use any tobacco products. As the nation's leading tobacco companies, we have an important role in reducing underage tobacco use. 
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For Investors

FY 2019 - 2020

Grew Adjusted Diluted EPS

3.6%

Investor Event

July

29

2021 Second Quarter

and First-Half

Earnings Results

FY 2016 - 2020

Dividends Paid

$27B

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$48.460.35
Altria (MO - NYSE)
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Our Marketing Approach

Marketing Responsibly

Altria's companies make some of the most iconic brands. Our companies make tobacco products and wine for adults. Society expects us to market them responsibly. We completely agree.

That's why our goal is to build relationships between our brands and their adult consumers while taking steps designed to limit reach to unintended audiences.

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Drive Responsibility Through Our Value Chain 2020 – 2021

Corporate Responsibility Progress

Through our 2020 materiality assessment, we identified Drive Responsibility Through Our Value Chain as a key responsibility focus area to make progress toward our Vision.

Read our latest Corporate Responsibility Report: Drive Responsibility Through Our Value Chain 2020 – 2021.

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Sharing Our Expectations

Drive Responsibility through Our Value Chain

Our companies work hard to develop strong, sustainable supply chains by partnering with thousands of suppliers from growers to manufacturers.

Our suppliers deliver high-quality goods and services, manage business risk and find innovative solutions to tough issues. Open dialogue, shared expectations and honest feedback contribute to these strong relationships – some dating back decades.

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Protecting Our Resources

Protect the Environment

Our companies play an active role in protecting our natural resources and reducing our environmental impact.

We understand the affect our companies and their products may have on our environment, including changes to water quality and availability and climate change, as well as the effect these changes in nature have on our companies.

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Giving Back

 
Community Engagement & Partnership

What began as an idea to support local non-profits more than 60 years ago has evolved into a continuous tradition of giving and community partnership. Today our company is filled with community-minded employees who are proud to carry on our culture of community investment.

detail of customer handing id to convenience store clerk

Our Marketing Approach

Marketing Responsibly

Altria's companies make some of the most iconic brands. Our companies make tobacco products and wine for adults. Society expects us to market them responsibly. We completely agree.

That's why our goal is to build relationships between our brands and their adult consumers while taking steps designed to limit reach to unintended audiences.

Drive Responsibility Through Our Value Chain 2020 – 2021 Image

Drive Responsibility Through Our Value Chain 2020 – 2021

Corporate Responsibility Progress

Through our 2020 materiality assessment, we identified Drive Responsibility Through Our Value Chain as a key responsibility focus area to make progress toward our Vision.

Read our latest Corporate Responsibility Report: Drive Responsibility Through Our Value Chain 2020 – 2021.

farm workers hanging tobacco in barn

Sharing Our Expectations

Drive Responsibility through Our Value Chain

Our companies work hard to develop strong, sustainable supply chains by partnering with thousands of suppliers from growers to manufacturers.

Our suppliers deliver high-quality goods and services, manage business risk and find innovative solutions to tough issues. Open dialogue, shared expectations and honest feedback contribute to these strong relationships – some dating back decades.

philip morris usa waste water treatment center at it's park 500 facility

Protecting Our Resources

Protect the Environment

Our companies play an active role in protecting our natural resources and reducing our environmental impact.

We understand the affect our companies and their products may have on our environment, including changes to water quality and availability and climate change, as well as the effect these changes in nature have on our companies.

detail of altria volunteers cap and gloved hand in leaves

Giving Back

 
Community Engagement & Partnership

What began as an idea to support local non-profits more than 60 years ago has evolved into a continuous tradition of giving and community partnership. Today our company is filled with community-minded employees who are proud to carry on our culture of community investment.

detail of customer handing id to convenience store clerk

Our Marketing Approach

Marketing Responsibly

Altria's companies make some of the most iconic brands. Our companies make tobacco products and wine for adults. Society expects us to market them responsibly. We completely agree.

That's why our goal is to build relationships between our brands and their adult consumers while taking steps designed to limit reach to unintended audiences.

Drive Responsibility Through Our Value Chain 2020 – 2021 Image

Drive Responsibility Through Our Value Chain 2020 – 2021

Corporate Responsibility Progress

Through our 2020 materiality assessment, we identified Drive Responsibility Through Our Value Chain as a key responsibility focus area to make progress toward our Vision.

Read our latest Corporate Responsibility Report: Drive Responsibility Through Our Value Chain 2020 – 2021.

farm workers hanging tobacco in barn

Sharing Our Expectations

Drive Responsibility through Our Value Chain

Our companies work hard to develop strong, sustainable supply chains by partnering with thousands of suppliers from growers to manufacturers.

Our suppliers deliver high-quality goods and services, manage business risk and find innovative solutions to tough issues. Open dialogue, shared expectations and honest feedback contribute to these strong relationships – some dating back decades.

philip morris usa waste water treatment center at it's park 500 facility

Protecting Our Resources

Protect the Environment

Our companies play an active role in protecting our natural resources and reducing our environmental impact.

We understand the affect our companies and their products may have on our environment, including changes to water quality and availability and climate change, as well as the effect these changes in nature have on our companies.

detail of altria volunteers cap and gloved hand in leaves

Giving Back

 
Community Engagement & Partnership

What began as an idea to support local non-profits more than 60 years ago has evolved into a continuous tradition of giving and community partnership. Today our company is filled with community-minded employees who are proud to carry on our culture of community investment.

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What It's Like Working at Altria

There's more to working at Altria than just a job. At the Altria family of companies, we're not content with just maintaining the status quo...
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Providing Work/Life Balance

We know family is the most important thing to our employees. That's why we offer competitive benefits packages for our employees and their families.
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Adverse Health Effects of Smoking

A Federal Court has ordered Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard, and Philip Morris USA to make this statement about the health effects of smoking:

  • Smoking kills, on average, 1,200 Americans. Every day.
  • More people die every year from smoking than from murder, AIDS, suicide, drugs, car crashes, and alcohol, combined.
  • Smoking causes heart disease, emphysema, acute myeloid leukemia, and cancer of the mouth, esophagus, larynx, lung, stomach, kidney, bladder, and pancreas.
  • Smoking also causes reduced fertility, low birth weight in newborns, and cancer of the cervix.​
Addictiveness of Smoking and Nicotine

A Federal Court has ordered Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard, and Philip Morris USA to make this statement about the addictiveness of smoking and nicotine:

  • Smoking is highly addictive. Nicotine is the addictive drug in tobacco.
  • Cigarette companies intentionally designed cigarettes with enough nicotine to create and sustain addiction.
  • It’s not easy to quit.
  • When you smoke, the nicotine actually changes the brain – that’s why quitting is so hard.​
Lack of Significant Health Benefit from Smoking "Low Tar," "Light," "Ultra Light," "Mild," and "Natural" Cigarettes

A Federal Court has ordered Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard, and Philip Morris USA to make this statement about low tar and light cigarettes being as harmful as regular cigarettes:

  • Many smokers switch to low tar and light cigarettes rather than quitting because they think low tar and light cigarettes are less harmful. They are not.
  • "Low tar" and "light" cigarette smokers inhale essentially the same amount of tar and nicotine as they would from regular cigarettes.
  • All cigarettes cause cancer, lung disease, heart attacks, and premature death – lights, low tar, ultra lights, and naturals. There is no safe cigarette.​
Manipulation of Cigarette Design and Composition to Ensure Optimum Nicotine Delivery

A Federal Court has ordered Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard, and Philip Morris USA to make this statement about designing cigarettes to enhance the delivery of nicotine:

  • Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard, and Philip Morris USA intentionally designed cigarettes to make them more addictive.
  • Cigarette companies control the impact and delivery of nicotine in many ways, including designing filters and selecting cigarette paper to maximize the ingestion of nicotine, adding ammonia to make the cigarette taste less harsh, and controlling the physical and chemical make-up of the tobacco blend.
  • When you smoke, the nicotine actually changes the brain – that’s why quitting is so hard.​
Adverse Health Effects of Exposure to Second Hand Smoke

A Federal Court has ordered Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard, and Philip Morris USA to make this statement about the health effects of secondhand smoke:

  • Secondhand smoke kills over 38,000 Americans each year.
  • Secondhand smoke causes lung cancer and coronary heart disease in adults who do not smoke.
  • Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), acute respiratory infections, ear problems, severe asthma, and reduced lung function.
  • There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke.​
Efectos adversos del tabaquismo para la salud

​​Una Corte Federal ha ordenado a Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard y Philip Morris USA a realizar la siguiente declaración sobre los efectos del tabaquismo para la salud.

  • Fumar mata, en promedio, a 1200 estadounidenses. Cada día.
  • Más personas mueren cada año a consecuencia de fumar que por asesinatos, SIDA, suicidios, drogas, accidentes automovilísticos y alcohol, combinados.​​
  • Fumar causa enfermedades cardíacas, enfisema, leucemia mieloide aguda y cáncer de boca, esófago, laringe, pulmón, estómago, riñón, vejiga y páncreas.
  • Fumar también causa disminución de la fertilidad, bajo peso en recién nacidos y cáncer de cuello uterino.
Lo adictivo del fumar y de la nicotina

Una Corte Federal ha ordenado a Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard y Philip Morris USA a realizar la siguiente declaración sobre lo adictivo del fumar y de la nicotina.

  • Fumar es altamente adictivo. La nicotina es la droga adictiva presente en el tabaco.
  • Las compañías fabricantes de cigarrillos intencionalmente diseñaron cigarrillos con suficiente nicotina para crear y mantener la adicción.​
  • No es fácil dejar de fumar.
  • Cuando usted fuma, la nicotina de hecho provoca cambios en el cerebro – por eso es tan difícil dejar de fumar.
No hay un beneficio significativo para la salud al fumar cigarrillos "con bajo contenido de alquitrán", "lights", "ultra lights", "suaves" y "naturales"

Una Corte Federal ha ordenado a Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard y Philip Morris USA a realizar la siguiente declaración de que los cigarrillos con bajo contenido de alquitrán y los cigarrillos "lights" son tan perjudiciales como los cigarrillos regulares.

  • Muchos fumadores cambian a cigarrillos con bajo contenido de alquitrán y a cigarrillos "lights" en vez de dejar de fumar porque piensan que los cigarrillos con bajo contenido de alquitrán y los cigarrillos "lights" son menos perjudiciales. No lo son.
  • Los fumadores de cigarrillos con "bajo contenido de alquitrán" y de cigarrillos "lights" inhalan básicamente la misma cantidad de alquitrán y de nicotina que inhalarían de cigarrillos regulares.​
  • Todos los cigarrillos causan cáncer, enfermedades pulmonares, ataques al corazón y muerte prematura – sean "lights", con bajo contenido de alquitrán, "ultra lights", suaves o naturales. No hay cigarrillos seguros.
Manipulación del diseño y composición de los cigarrillos para garantizar un suministro óptimo de nicotina

Una Corte Federal ha ordenado a Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard y Philip Morris USA a realizar la siguiente declaración sobre el diseño de los cigarrillos para intensificar el suministro de nicotina.

  • Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard y Philip Morris USA han intencionalmente diseñado los cigarrillos para hacerlos más adictivos.
  • Las compañías fabricantes de cigarrillos controlan el impacto y el suministro de nicotina de muchas maneras, incluso en el diseño de filtros y en la selección del papel para cigarrillos con el fin de acrecentar al máximo la ingestión de nicotina, añadiendo amoníaco para hacer menos áspero el sabor de los cigarrillos y controlando la composición física y química de la mezcla del tabaco.
  • Cuando usted fuma, la nicotina de hecho provoca cambios en el cerebro – por eso es tan difícil dejar de fumar.​
Efectos perjudiciales por la exposición al humo de tabaco ambiental para la salud

Una Corte Federal ha ordenado a Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard y Philip Morris USA a realizar la siguiente declaración sobre los efectos del humo de tabaco ambiental para la salud.

  • El humo de tabaco ambiental m​ata a más de 38?000 estadounidenses cada año.
  • El humo de tabaco ambiental causa cáncer de pulmón y enfermedades coronarias en adultos que no fuman.
  • Los niños expuestos al humo de tabaco ambiental tienen un mayor riesgo de síndrome de muerte infantil súbita, infecciones respiratorias agudas, problemas de oído, asma grave y reducción de la función pulmonar.
  • No existen niveles seguros de exposición al humo de tabaco ambiental.