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United States Tobacco Company 



United States Tobacco Company (U.S. Tobacco) , founded as the 

 Weyman-Bruton Company in 1911, is a leading producer and marketer 

 of smokeless tobacco products, including moist snuff. 



U.S. Tobacco's leading moist snuff brands include 

 Copenhagen, one of America's oldest registered brand names, 

 introduced in 1822; Skoal, another fine-cut smokeless tobacco 

 product introduced in 1934; Skoal Long Cut, consisting of 

 slightly larger particles of fine-cut tobacco, introduced in 

 1984; and Skoal Bandits, a portion-pack product developed for 

 ease of use introduced nationally in 1983. 



U.S. Tobacco's Smokeless Tobacco Manufacturing Process 



U.S. Tobacco's smokeless tobacco products are made up of a 

 combination of aged tobaccos and flavorings. The tobaccos used 

 in U.S. Tobacco's smokeless tobacco products are a historical 

 blend which includes whole or threshed dark fired, dark air cured 

 and burley tobaccos. The hallmark of U.S. Tobacco's basic 

 manufacturing process is tradition. Thus, for example, the 

 makeup of and manufacturing process for Copenhagen brand 

 smokeless tobacco today is very similar to what it was in 1906, 

 the earliest date for which records are available. 



