Some of the major players in the United States tobacco market include Pyxus International Inc., Swedish Match AB, Vector Tobacco, Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation, Imperial Brands, Philip Morris International, Universal Corporation, Japan Tobacco Inc., Scandinavian Tobacco Group, and Vector Group LTD.
(University of North Carolina Press, 1998)
The Dark Spirit in The Leaf I feel I am doing the community a disservice by writing it out like this like describing relapse as a Fantastic Journey into the Dark Depths of Mordor is on par with what Tolkiens Longbottom leaf did to my fragile psychology: It made tobacco addiction sound idyllic, beautiful, and harmless to a recovering nicotine addict
While brand-to-brand variation was negligible, notable differences in metal concentrations and inter-metal relationships reflect the complexity of heavy metal accumulation in tobacco