Philip Morris International

But historically, cigarettes were actually the best product probably in history.

Uh, if you look at stock performance over a 98-year period, there's not that many stocks that have been around that long, but one of them is Philip Morris, uh, which now is broken up into Altria and Philip Morris International.

Uh, but that, that stock, had you purchased it, you know, 98 years ago, you would've had a 16 and a half percent, uh, annual return, uh, which is absolutely phenomenal.

And the reason why is because it's addictive, people are brand loyal, and it's very cheap to make.

Another powerful indication of where this market is heading is the enormous investment going on in manufacturing.

In July, Philip Morris International doubled its planned investment in its new Zinn manufacturing campus in Colorado to $1.2 billion.

Gabrielle, what does a commitment like that say in terms of the scale and opportunity?

For me, it's one thing that the category is here to stay.

I mean, I know nobody reads the, nobody reads The Globe much anymore, but how many...

Of the, of the handful of people that got there, how many people got to paragraph 16? "In his 238-page financial disclosure, which covers his finances through the end of 2025, Minogue reported owning stock in Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco." They make him sound like Buck Duke or R.J.

Reynolds, you know, one of the, one of the m- magnates of the golden age of cigarettes, et cetera.

But, but then we h- and then we come to paragraph 17.

So they don't, they don't use the word index.

They, which would, would be the way people would, would, uh, you know, recognize it.

So the, anot- 19th paragraph, "This is common for wealthy people and ordinary investors alike." [laughs] So in other words, if you have a 401[k] that you just started investing in, i- in, a year ago, and you have 1,000 bucks in it, probably you own some Philip Morris International, [laughs] British American Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco.

"This is common for wealthy people and ordinary investors alike, many of whom use index funds for their retirement and other investment vehicles, and do not have direct control over these holdings." So in other words then, he ...

The way I feel about this would be like if...

King? The King thing? Yes, about King would be like if the employees at Philip Morris International were like...

Yo, it fucking bangs to work here and it would be sick if we got more stuff.

I don't know if I respect the people who work at the cigarette factory.

All jokes aside, Philip Morris now is more food than I think anything.

Oh, is that right? I don't think the Philip Morris Company, I don't think...

Do we want the cigarette people feeding us? Probably not.

Is it any better than the food people feeding us? That's what I'm saying.

Richard Painter, a former White House ethics lawyer under George W. Bush, said in an email that that this recrusal will limit what she can do as Surgeon General.

Dr. Saffier also said she would sell her stocks in three tobacco companies, Altria, British American Tobacco, and Philip Morris International, which makes the popular nicotine pouch brand Zinn.

Dr. Saffier also said in the filings that she would sell Empower MD, the parent company of her herbal tincture line DropRx, and that she had stepped down from her roles as a Fox News contributor and podcast host.

Some leading figures in the MAH movement have bristled at Dr. Saffier's nomination, pointing to her critiques of Mr. Kennedy and her support of vaccines.

Two donated more than a quarter of the total amount, like millionaire and hedge fund manager Donald Sussman and attorney Charles Wall.

Wall was general counsel for the parent company of tobacco giant Philip Morris International.

Still, Jolly says he's running a different campaign than Donald's.

I'm happy to meet with anybody that represents interest across the state of Florida, but they're not going to buy their way in.