NEW YORK Smokers already are paying the price of the mammothtobacco settlement with the states. Tobacco workers are next.
RJR Nabisco, the parent of the second-biggest U.S. tobaccocompany, is cutting 3,900 more tobacco jobs worldwide, or 15.7percent of its cigarette work force. RJR's cigarette brands includeWinston and Camel.
The cuts announced Monday include about 1,000 jobs in the UnitedStates, where fewer cigarettes are expected to be sold following lastmonth's price increase of 45 cents per pack - a result of theindustry's $206 billion settlement with the states over healthclaims.The latest cuts are on top of 315 domestic tobacco job cutsannounced last …
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