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Lorillard Tobacco Company
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<p>Lorillard Tobacco Company was an American <a href="/facts/Tobacco_company/Rzx61l8K">tobacco company</a> that marketed <a href="/facts/Cigarette/8kuVCjbr">cigarettes</a> under the brand names <a href="/facts/Newport_(cigarette)/Rg4paEkY">Newport</a>, <a href="/facts/Maverick_(cigarette)/BY08domG">Maverick</a>, <a href="/facts/Old_Gold_(cigarette)/tm0k9uHy">Old Gold</a>, <a href="/facts/Kent_(cigarette)/flYReUuS">Kent</a>, <a href="/facts/True_(cigarette)/KoXLAE5R">True</a>, Satin, and Max. The company had two operating segments: cigarettes and electronic cigarettes. </p><p>The company was purchased by <a href="/facts/Reynolds_American/w83b74CF">Reynolds American</a>, a company owned by <a href="/facts/British_American_Tobacco/epSyWf1s">British American Tobacco</a>, in 2015, a deal that was announced in 2014. </p>