JTI returns US rights to RJ Reynolds
15-Jan-2006
US tobacco firm RJ Reynolds has bought back the North American duty-free distribution rights to several brands from Japan Tobacco International (JTI), which inherited them when it bought Reynolds' international business in 1999
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Under an agreement signed in December, Reynolds will handle distribution of Camel, Winston, Salem, Now, Vantage, More and Doral cigarettes to US duty-free stores and overseas military outlets.
JTI vice-president
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