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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

Industry: tobacco
Penalty Total since 2000: $3,740,425,130
Number of Records: 61
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Juul Labs$1,367,700,00012
Altria$1,222,378,4709
British American Tobacco$1,121,866,55529
Pyxus International$19,518,1056
Universal Corporation$8,900,0002
Imperial Brands$62,0003

Individual Penalty Records:

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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYear sort iconAgencyPenalty Amount
BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.British American Tobaccoenvironmental violation2000EPA$5,000
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyBritish American Tobaccotobacco litigation2001MULTI-AG$175,000
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyBritish American Tobaccotobacco litigation2002CA-AG$14,800,000
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco CompanyAltriatobacco litigation2002CA-AG$171,000
U.S. Tobacco Co.Altriaprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2002private lawsuit-federal$1,050,000,000
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.British American Tobaccolabor relations violation2003NLRB$30,000
Brown & Williamson TobaccoBritish American Tobaccotobacco litigation2003MULTI-AG$150,000,000
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.British American Tobaccoprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2003private lawsuit-federal$69,600,000
Lorillard Tobacco Co.British American Tobaccoprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2003private lawsuit-federal$69,600,000
Philip Morris USA Inc.Altriaprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2003private lawsuit-federal$69,600,000
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co.British American Tobaccotobacco litigation2004MULTI-AG$1,460,000
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.British American Tobaccotobacco litigation2004CA-AG$17,250,000
John Middleton, Inc.Altriatax violations2005ATTTB$24,000
Lorillard Tobacco CompanyBritish American Tobaccolabor relations violation2005NLRB$8,000
R.J. Reynolds TobaccoBritish American Tobaccoprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005private lawsuit-federal$33,000,000
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyBritish American Tobaccotobacco litigation2006CA-AG$5,000,000
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL INC.Pyxus Internationalworkplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$9,880
SANTA FE NATURAL TOBACCO COMPANY, INC.British American Tobaccoworkplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$5,145
Brown & Williamson Tobacco CorporationBritish American Tobaccotax violations2007ATTTB$95,000
UST Inc.Altriaprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008private lawsuit-state$96,000,000
Lorillard TobaccoBritish American Tobaccolabor relations violation2009NLRB$39,900
R. J. ReynoldsBritish American Tobaccoenvironmental violation2009NC-ENV$26,250
Alliance One International Inc.Pyxus InternationalForeign Corrupt Practices Act2010DOJ_CRIMINAL$9,450,000
Universal Corporation and Universal Leaf Tabacos Ltda.Universal CorporationForeign Corrupt Practices Act2010DOJ_CRIMINAL$4,400,000
Universal Corporation Inc.Universal CorporationForeign Corrupt Practices Act2010SEC$4,500,000
Alliance One International Inc.Pyxus InternationalForeign Corrupt Practices Act2010SEC$10,000,000
John Middleton Co.Altriatax violations2010ATTTB$315,000
Alliance One International, Inc.Pyxus Internationalwage and hour violation2010WHD$25,337
Alliance One International, Inc.Pyxus Internationalwage and hour violation2010WHD$26,506
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.British American Tobaccotobacco litigation2010CT-AG$150,000
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyBritish American Tobaccotobacco litigation2010MD-AG$150,000
Philip Morris USAAltriatobacco litigation2011DOJ_CIVIL$6,250,000
R.J. Reynolds TobaccoBritish American Tobaccotobacco litigation2011DOJ_CIVIL$6,250,000
Alliance One International, Inc.Pyxus Internationalwage and hour violation2011WHD$6,382
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.British American Tobaccotobacco litigation2011MS-AG$8,100,000
Altadis U.S.A. Inc.Imperial Brandsenvironmental violation2014EPA$54,500
ALTADIS USA, INCImperial Brandsenvironmental violation2014EPA(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $54,500
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.British American Tobaccotobacco litigation2015MS-AG$7,500,000
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.British American Tobaccotobacco litigation2015MS-AG$7,500,000
LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANYBritish American Tobaccoworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$11,250
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.British American Tobaccoconsumer protection violation2016private lawsuit-federal$4,750,000
AMERICAN SNUFF COMPANY LLCBritish American Tobaccoworkplace safety or health violation2017OSHA$6,825
KENTUCKY BIOPROCESSING INCBritish American Tobaccoworkplace safety or health violation2017OSHA$5,500
PHILLIP MORRIS USAAltriaworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$12,470
ALTADIS U.S.A. INC.Imperial Brandsworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$7,500
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyBritish American Tobaccotobacco litigation2020FL-AG$92,000,000
JUUL Labs, Inc.Juul Labsconsumer protection violation2021NC-AG$40,000,000
Juul Labs, Inc.Juul Labstobacco litigation2021AZ-AG$14,500,000
JUUL Labs, Inc.Juul Labsconsumer protection violation2022WA-AG$22,500,000
JUUL LabsJuul Labstobacco litigation2022MULTI-AG$438,500,000
JUUL LabsJuul Labsconsumer protection violation2022PA-AG$38,800,000
JUUL Labs Inc.Juul Labsconsumer protection violation2022IA-AG$5,000,000
UST, Inc.Altriaenvironmental violation2022TN-ENV$6,000
British American TobaccoBritish American Tobaccoeconomic sanction violation2023DOJ_NATSEC$629,000,000
British American Tobacco p.l.c.British American Tobaccoeconomic sanction violation2023OFAC$5,348,685
JUUL LabsJuul Labstobacco litigation2023MULTI-AG$462,000,000
JUUL Labs, Inc.Juul Labstobacco litigation2023DC-AG$15,200,000
JUUL Labs, Inc.Juul Labstobacco litigation2023WV-AG$7,900,000
Juul Labs and AltriaJuul Labsconsumer protection violation2023MN-AG$60,500,000
Juul LabsJuul Labsconsumer protection violation2023private lawsuit-federal$255,000,000
JUULJuul Labsconsumer protection violation2023NC-AG$7,800,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.