Lorillard buys British e-cig company SKYCIG for 30 million pounds (about $49 million)

[Bill Godshall]

tobacco Giant Lorillard Buys British E-Cigarette Maker SKYCIG for 30 million pounds
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/01/lorillard-tobacco-company_n_4022975.html

 

[Ranic85]

Huffingtonpost is a total joke.

 

[Bill Godshall]

While the Huffington Post has published more than a half dozen op/eds that lied about e-cigarettes, this was an Associated Press article.

 

[AgentAnia]

Here's another article on the purchase: Lorillard, Inc. Acquires British-based SKYCIG, Expanding its Electronic Cigarette Business - Press Release - Digital Journal

Bill, your thoughts on how this will affect the status quo? on Lorillard's strategy?

 

[ennagizer]

Interesting - they show a pic of someone vaping an ego + clearomizer, not the cigalike Skycig sells.