The American Snuff Company, formerly Conwood Sales Company LLC, is a US

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that makes a variety of

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products, including

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or moist snuff, chewing tobacco in the forms of loose-leaf, plug, and twist, and dry snuff. Originally established as "Conwood LLC" in 1900 in

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, the company began manufacturing smokeless tobacco products in 1904 in

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. From 1986 to 2006, Conwood was owned by the

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. The company is currently a

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of Reynolds American, after being acquired in mid-2006 for $3.5 billion in cash. When Reynolds American acquired Conwood, Reynolds subsidiary Lane Limited was merged into it. The name "American Snuff Company" was assumed in 2010. Nowadays the company has three facilities, two in

( Memphis and Clarksville) and the other in

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. As of 2017, American Snuff generated nearly 7% of Reynolds American's annual revenue. The current President of American Snuff Company is Chris Gemmell.

Products and brands

Brands commercialised include:Brands
on company website (9 Sep 2020)

Dipping tobacco

* Cougar * Grizzly *

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Chewing tobacco

* Levi Garrett * Taylor's Pride * H.B. Scott's * Morgan's * Peachey * Hawken * Cannonball Plug * Mammoth Cave Twist * Moore's Red Leaf * Cumberland Twist * Warren County Twist

Dry snuff

* Garrett * Honest * Tube Rose * Peach * Dental

Discontinued

Moist Snuff

* Wintermint

Chewing tobacco

*Conwood

Dry Snuff

*Big Wheel *Big Bear Sweet Snuff *Rainbow

References

External links

* {{Reynolds American Manufacturing companies based in Memphis, Tennessee Tobacco companies of the United States R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company