Big Three Raise Cigarette Prices

(CSP) Following an announcement Wednesday that Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA is raising its cigarette prices, Reynolds American Inc. also confirmed a five-cent list-price increase. And Lorillard Inc. is also reportedly instituting a six-cent increase.
David Howard, spokesperson for Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Reynolds, told CSP Daily News, that its increase affects its growth brands of Camel and Pall Mall, as well as its support brands of Winston, Salem, Kool, Doral and other others. Continued

Photo: Lionel Stander, with cigarette hanging from his lips, testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee (Library of Congress).