Deena Brosi

Newport and Camel cigarettes are stacked on a shelf inside a tobacco store in New York July 11, 2014. U.S. cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc is in talks to acquire rival Lorillard Inc in a multi-billion dollar deal that would reshape one of the world's biggest and most profitable tobacco markets, the companies said on Friday. In a statement confirming what people familiar with the matter previously told Reuters, Reynolds, No.2 player in the United States with brands including Camel and Pall Mall, said the talks were consistent with its strategy of weighing options that would help boost shareholder value. Buying Lorillard, which had a stock market value of $22.9 billion on Thursday, would give Reynolds the leading U.S. menthol cigarette Newport and its leading e-cigarette blu.Buying Lorillard, which had a stock market value of $22.9 billion on Thursday, would give Reynolds the leading U.S. menthol cigarette Newport and its leading e-cigarette blu. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA7C02A001

Simulating the effects of tobacco retail restriction policies

Todd B. Combs, Virginia R. McKay, Joseph T. Ornstein, Margaret Mahoney, Kerry Cork, Deena Brosi, Matt Kasman, Benjamin Heuberger, Ross A. Hammond, and Douglas Luke

Tuesday, September 3, 2019