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4 unusual facts about Philip Morris USA


Interstate 95 in Virginia

A CSX railroad line runs parallel to the northbound lane in the vicinity of the Port of Richmond, and the Commerce Road Industrial Area, a region that includes an Philip Morris office and an old bridge manufacturing plant.

MillsporT

Founded in 1975 by James R. Millman, a 25-year-old event marketing executive with Philip Morris, Inc., Millsport gained notoriety and national prominence with its involvement in Olympic sponsorship in the 1990s.

Randy Sweeney

He is a Senior Research Engineer and director for R&D at Philip Morris USA.

Stéphane Proulx

Pacific had lost their sponsorship from Philip Morris and so Stéphane's Player's Ltd funding was a welcome addition.


Alan Jones Racing

At the 1995 Sandown 500 it was revealed that Alan Jones had concluded a deal with Dick Johnson Racing engineers Jim and Ross Stone to form a new team, with backing controversially from Glenn Seton Racing sponsor Philip Morris, for whom Jones drove.

Big Tobacco

Big Tobacco is a pejorative term often applied to the tobacco industry in general, or more particularly to the "big three" tobacco corporations in the United States: Philip Morris USA (Altria), Reynolds American (RJR), and Lorillard.


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