Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Altria's Earnings Report Shows It Isn't Serious About "Moving Beyond Smoking" - Company Makes Most of its Revenue from Deadly Cigarettes
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Thursday, January 27, 2022
But Altria's earnings report released today shows once again that the company's actions don't match its words and Altria's business remains overwhelmingly to sell deadly and addictive cigarettes.
Key Points:
- But Altria's earnings report released today shows once again that the company's actions don't match its words and Altria's business remains overwhelmingly to sell deadly and addictive cigarettes.
- The earnings report reveals that in 2021, Altria shipped 93.8 billion cigarettes and made 88% of its total revenues from cigarettes and other smoked products like cigars.
- Altria's cigarettes make up nearly half the U.S. cigarette market, and the company's Marlboro remains the best-selling cigarette brand by far in the U.S.
- As part of its campaign, Altria also claims that it doesn't market to kids and doesn't want kids to use its products.