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Taylor Brothers Division is part of Conwood Sales Co., a company that has been providing quality smokeless tobacco products for more than 200 years. The company is committed to providing adult tobacco consumers with the highest quality and best tasting smokeless tobacco products available. Conwood's ancestral roots predate the formation of the United States. One of the company's dry snuff products displays a trademark that is the oldest U.S. trademark in continuous use. This mark was one of the first 10 recorded on October 25, 1870, the first day the U.S. Patent Office began granting trademarks. From its origins on the Red Clay Creek in Delaware in 1782, the company has become identified as an innovative industry leader committed to high standards in its production operations and in the servicing of its customers' needs. Taylor Brothers is located in Winston Salem, N.C.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company manufactures and distributes more than 20 brands of cigarettes. The company s brands include Camel, Kool, Pall Mall, Winston, Salem, Doral, Capri and Misty. Camel is its best selling brand. Its other cigarette brands include Lucky Strike, Barclay, Carlton, Monarch, Vantage and Viceroy. The company s Web site includes a wide range of information on smoking-related health warnings, smokers rights and tobacco-related regulations and taxes. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is headquartered in Winston Salem, N.C. It has two manufacturing plants. The company is a subsidiary of Reynolds American and also has various subsidiaries, such as Conwood Company, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company and R.J. Reynolds Global Products.

Lorillard Inc. is one of the nation s third largest tobacco companies. Lorillard, an indirect subsidiary of the Loews Corporation, does business in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and other outlying U.S. possessions. In January 2002, Loews issued the Carolina Group (NYSE: CG) tracking stock for the purpose of recognizing Lorillard's financial performance. Today, Lorillard manufactures Newport is one of the number one selling menthol cigarette in the U.S. as well as brands Kent, True, Old Gold, Maverick, Satin and Max. In 1760, entrepreneur Pierre Lorillard founded America's first tobacco company in New York City. Now known as Lorillard Tobacco Company, it is the oldest continuously operating company in the United States.