An exhibit of hundreds of print ads and television commercials presents cigarettes ads from the 1920s through the early 1950s.

An exhibit of hundreds of print ads and television commercials presents cigarettes ads from the 1920s through the early 1950s.

The Altria Group will combine Copenhagen and Skoal snuff with its Marlboro cigarettes and vault ahead of Reynolds American as the biggest seller of smokeless tobacco.

Altria Group reached an agreement to buy UST, the maker of Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobacco, for about $10.2 billion.

Altria Group reached an agreement to buy UST, the maker of Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobacco, for about $10.2 billion.

Altria Group is in advanced talks to buy UST, the maker of the popular Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobacco brands, for more than $10 billion. The terms could not be learned.

Mr. Montgomery was a lawyer who marshaled a silvery Southern drawl and incisive strategy to win 65 settlements of $1 million or more, including billions from the tobacco industry awarded to Florida in 1997.

The Altria Group posted a second-quarter profit that slightly beat Wall Street estimates, but the number of cigarettes shipped by its Philip Morris USA unit fell more than some analysts expected.

Two Canadian tobacco companies agreed to pay criminal fines and civil penalties after admitting that they had aided cigarette smugglers.

The House overwhelmingly approved legislation that would give the F.D.A. new power to regulate tobacco products.