Liggett & Myers

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Liggett & Myers was a major American tobacco company known for producing popular cigarette brands before being absorbed into larger industry consolidations.

All labels observed (6)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American company ⓘ
tobacco company ⓘ
advertisingMedium print advertising ⓘ
radio advertising ⓘ
television advertising ⓘ
associatedWith U.S. tobacco advertising culture in the mid‑20th century ⓘ
health controversies surrounding cigarette consumption ⓘ
brandType combination of premium and discount cigarette brands ⓘ
businessModel mass production and marketing of branded cigarettes ⓘ
competitor American Tobacco Company ⓘ
Brown & Williamson ⓘ
Philip Morris ⓘ
linked to: Philip Morris USA

R.J. Reynolds ⓘ
corporateForm corporation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolutionReason absorbed into larger corporate consolidations in the tobacco sector ⓘ
distributionChannel sales through convenience stores ⓘ
sales through supermarkets ⓘ
sales through tobacco shops ⓘ
wholesale distribution to retailers ⓘ
eraOfProminence 20th century ⓘ
foundedAs Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company ⓘ
linked to: Liggett & Myers
headquartersLocation Durham, North Carolina ⓘ
industry tobacco industry ⓘ
knownFor being one of the major U.S. cigarette manufacturers in the 20th century ⓘ
manufacturing mass‑market cigarette brands ⓘ
legalContext involved in U.S. tobacco litigation environment ⓘ
market United States cigarette market ⓘ
international cigarette markets ⓘ
notableBrand Chesterfield ⓘ
Eve ⓘ
L&M ⓘ
Lark ⓘ
ownershipType publicly traded company ⓘ
partOf U.S. tobacco industry ⓘ
product cigarettes ⓘ
tobacco products ⓘ
rawMaterial blended tobacco ⓘ
burley tobacco ⓘ
flue‑cured tobacco ⓘ
regulatoryContext subject to U.S. federal tobacco regulations ⓘ
segment cigarette manufacturing ⓘ
status defunct as an independent company ⓘ
successor Grand Metropolitan (through acquisition of Liggett Group) ⓘ
Liggett Group Inc. ⓘ
linked to: Liggett & Myers

Vector Group (through later ownership of Liggett Group) ⓘ
supplyChainRole packaging and branding of cigarettes ⓘ
processing and blending tobacco leaf ⓘ
typeOfCompany manufacturing company ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Tobacco Company → successor → Liggett & Myers ⓘ
Liggett & Myers → foundedAs → Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company ⓘ
linked to: Liggett & Myers
Liggett & Myers → successor → Liggett Group Inc. ⓘ
linked to: Liggett & Myers
L&M → introducedBy → Liggett & Myers ⓘ
L&M → namedAfter → Liggett & Myers ⓘ
Hunter Liggett → familyName → Liggett ⓘ
linked to: Liggett & Myers
Bennett S. LeBow → business → Liggett Group Inc. ⓘ
linked to: Liggett & Myers
Lark → wasMarketedBy → Liggett & Myers ⓘ
Grand Metropolitan → acquired → Liggett Group ⓘ
linked to: Liggett & Myers
Vector Group → owns → Liggett Group ⓘ
linked to: Liggett & Myers
Vector Group → hasSubsidiary → Liggett Group ⓘ
linked to: Liggett & Myers
Vector Group → acquired → Liggett Group (through later ownership) ⓘ
linked to: Liggett & Myers
Eve → marketedBy → Liggett & Myers ⓘ