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5 unusual facts about Liggett Group


David Rigsbee

After WWII, he worked as a machinist for Liggett & Myers Tobacco (Liggett Group) Company of Durham, NC.

James Buchanan Duke

In 1906, the American Tobacco Company was found guilty of antitrust violations, and was ordered to be split into three separate companies: American Tobacco Company, Liggett and Myers, and the P. Lorillard Company.

Liggett Group

Foulks moved west around 1820 and opened a new snuff shop in Belleville, Illinois, in 1822.

In 1980, Eve 120's were launched nationally and the same year Liggett was acquired by Grand Metropolitan PLC.

John Edmund Liggett's grandfather, Christopher Foulks, was the owner of a snuff mill in New Egypt, New Jersey.



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