BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.0B
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
Mfr. of Cigarettes
Number of Employees 6,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Tobacco and Tobacco Product Merchant Wholesalers: 424940
Recent Events
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Former Smoker Wins Case Against Philip Morris
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Altria to Expand Snus Test
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Kansas City-area residents sue Philip Morris USA
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Senate Passes Tobacco Measure
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New Study Alleges Philip Morris Tried to Influence WHO
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- 2009-01-02
A new study of previously confidential tobacco industry documents concluded that a Philip Morris scientist, Roger Walk, established close connections with a WHO Collaborating Center in Thailand, called the Chulabhorn Research Institute, and leveraged these relationships to help advance the interests of the cigarette maker in the country and across...
Marlboro Man rides into the sunset; For 1st time since 1955, Philip Morris ran no print ads for the brand.(News)(Statistical data)
- 2007-07-09
Byline: BRADLEY JOHNSON Crain News Service So long, cowboy. In 2006, for the first time since tobacco giant Philip Morris and Chicago ad agency Leo Burnett created the Marlboro Man in 1955, no Marlboro ads ran in U.S. consumer publications. ...
U.S. Supreme Court overturns 8th Circuit on cigarette case
- 2007-06-12
Tobacco giant Philip Morris Cos. lost federal court jurisdiction in a lawsuit challenging the design and promotion of the company's light cigarettes - a decision that could reach beyond the tobacco industry. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said Philip Morris couldn't use the federal officer removal statute...
Preemption still shielding tobacco companies from liability.
- 2007-03-01
The Department of Justice sued Philip Morris and other major tobacco companies in federal court in the late 1990s for violating the RICO statute by intentionally defrauding the American public through their marketing practices. The government alleged that the companies had sold cigarettes as "light," "ultra...
Legal spotlight on "lights".(INDUSTRY NEWS)
- 2006-12-01
The word "lights" has been popping up in legal issues all fall. Will the Schwab "Lights" case be an individual lawsuit or a class action? Will cigarette manufacturers have to stop using the term "lights," among other similar words, on packaging as ordered by Judge Gladys...
$10.1 billion award in 'light' cigarette case snuffed out
- 2006-01-08
The Illinois Supreme Court's recent decision overturning a $10.1 billion verdict in a class action filed by smokers of light cigarettes has handed a big victory to the tobacco industry. Rather than pursuing damages with a traditional product liability claim, the plaintiffs filed suit under a state...
Illinois Supreme Court Ruling Does Not Absolve Philip Morris And Shows Need for Congress to Curb Tobacco Industry's Deceptive Practices; Statement of William V. Corr Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
- 2005-12-15
WASHINGTON -- Basing its ruling on state law, a divided Illinois Supreme Court today overturned a lower court verdict ordering Philip Morris to pay $10.1 billion in damages for defrauding consumers by marketing "light" cigarettes as less hazardous. While disappointing, this ruling does not absolve Philip Morris of the deceptive...
TOBACCO COMPANIES EXPAND THEIR PRODUCTION
- 2005-10-05
A&G Information Services 10-05-2005 TOBACCO COMPANIES EXPAND THEIR PRODUCTION ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, Oct 05, 2005 (A&G News via COMTEX) -- The two biggest tobacco producers in Russia - British American Tobacco and Philip Morris A&G Information Services ...
TOBACCO COMPANIES EXPAND THEIR PRODUCTION
- 2005-10-03
A&G Information Services 10-03-2005 TOBACCO COMPANIES EXPAND THEIR PRODUCTION ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, Oct 03, 2005 (A&G News via COMTEX) -- The two biggest tobacco producers in Russia - British American Tobacco and Philip Morris A&G Information Services ...
Cigarette marketing reaches new high.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
- 2005-10-01
According to a report issued by the Federal Trade Commission in August, tobacco companies have more than doubled their cigarette marketing campaigns, although the amount of cigarettes being sold has declined. The Financial Times reported that the FTC report said tobacco companies...
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