Reynolds American Inc.

Winston-Salem, NC United States

  (NYSE: RAI)

Company Description

"Hot" does not begin to describe Reynolds American Inc. (RAI). The holding company holds the #2 spot among US makers of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco through subsidiaries RJR Tobacco and American Snuff. RJR Tobacco produces many of the top-selling cigarette brands: Camel, Doral, Kool, Pall Mall, Salem, and Winston. It also makes and markets smoke-free Camel tobacco products. American Snuff offers moist snuff under the value-priced Grizzly and the premium Kodiak brands. RAI businesses include cigarette maker Santa Fe Natural Tobacco and nicotine gum maker Niconovum. RAI is the result of a merger of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and Brown & Williamson, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco that owns 42% of RAI.