R. J. Reynolds will stop selling chewing tobacco.
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The tobacco company also said it will also stop selling six pipe and rolling tobaccos. It said the plug chews that started the firm in 1875 make up less tan 1% of sales. Mounting criticism from health authorities had nothing to do with the company’s decision to get out of thje smokeless tobacco business Nov. 1, Reynolds spokesman David Fishel said.
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