The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) order to eight smokeless tobacco products for the first time, the agency said in a release Tuesday.

Regarding smokeless tobacco, what the FTC classifies at “moist snuff” saw a steady increase—going from $2.3 million in sales in 2007 to $3.7 million in 2017.

For the first time, advertisements for one brand of snus can say that using the smokeless tobacco product “instead of cigarettes puts you at a lower risk of mouth cancer, heart disease, lung ...

Altria Group Inc <MO.N> will buy UST Inc <UST.N>, the largest U.S. smokeless tobacco maker, for $10.4 billion to expand in a growing market as domestic cigarette sales steadily decline.

Henrico County-based tobacco company Altria Group Inc. has bought full ownership of a company that makes alternative smokeless tobacco products that aim to grab people who are giving up smoking ...