This failure by states and the federal government to equalize tobacco taxes has led to a surge in the popularity and consumption of other tobacco prod- ucts. Manufacturers of these products are also spending millions of dollars per day on marketing and capitalizing on the failure of the Obama Admin- istration and the FDA to move forward with regulating tobacco products other than smokeless tobacco and cigarettes. Working to fill the tax and regulatory voids created by federal and state governments, the three largest cigarette manufacturers—Altria, Reynolds American and Lorillard—have acquired companies making other tobacco products to sustain their deadly profits and.
