Philip Morris USA: version 1
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# Philip Morris USA <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Philip Morris USA
summary: Altria's United States cigarette company, maker of Marlboro, the best-selling cigarette brand in the US.
legal_name: Philip Morris USA Inc.
country: US
website: https://www.philipmorrisusa.com
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | -------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/altria-group | | | | | verified | ^altria-ex21 | Named as a subsidiary of Altria Group, Inc., organised in Virginia, as of 31 December 2025. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Philip Morris USA Inc. | legal | | | |
| PM USA | search | | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| altria-pmusa | https://www.altria.com/About-Altria/our-companies/philipmorrisusa | Altria: Philip Morris USA | 2026-09-19 | Altria Group | manufacturer | | | | | | |
| altria-ex21 | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418026000017/exhibit21altriagroupincsub.htm | Altria Group, Inc. Form 10-K Exhibit 21: Subsidiaries | 2026-09-19 | US Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | 2026-02-25 | 0000764180-26-000017 | | | | |
| pmusa-site | https://www.philipmorrisusa.com/ | Philip Morris USA: home | 2026-09-19 | Philip Morris USA | manufacturer | | | | | | |
| wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlboro | Wikipedia: Marlboro | 2026-09-19 | Wikipedia | publication | | | Lead and History sections | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
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## About <!--about-->
Philip Morris USA Inc. is the United States cigarette business of Altria Group, organised in Virginia.[^altria-ex21] It makes Marlboro, Basic, Benson & Hedges, L&M, Merit, Parliament and Virginia Slims; Altria says Marlboro has been the top-selling cigarette brand in the United States for more than 45 years and that PM USA held a 45.2 % cigarette retail share in 2025.[^altria-pmusa] The company traces its history to the shop Philip Morris opened on Bond Street in London in 1847 and to the incorporation of Philip Morris & Co., Ltd. in New York City in 1902.[^altria-pmusa] It runs its own consumer site at philipmorrisusa.com, which carries the corrective statements a federal court ordered the US cigarette makers to publish.[^pmusa-site] It is a different company from Philip Morris International, which owns Marlboro outside the United States.[^wikipedia]
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