Shipments of the nation’s biggest selling cigarettes – the Marlboros made at Altria Group s Philip Morris USA South Richmond plant - fell sharply so far this year even as the Henrico County-based tobacco giant reported a 43% increase in its new oral pouch product, on!. The company says the cumulative effect of high inflation over the past several quarters is still affecting smokers’ behavior, discretionary income and spending.
Shipments of the nation’s biggest selling cigarettes – the Marlboros made at Altria Group s Philip Morris USA South Richmond plant - fell sharply so far this year even as the Henrico County-based tobacco giant reported a 43% increase in its new oral pouch product, on!. The company says the cumulative effect of high inflation over the past several quarters is still affecting smokers’ behavior, discretionary income and spending.