R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
	Reynolds Building, built in Art Deco style, ; served as RJR headquarters until 2008.
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Tobacco
Founded	1875
Founder	Richard Joshua Reynolds
Fate	Merged with British American Tobacco in 2004
Headquarters	RJR Plaza Building, 401 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2008–present); Reynolds Building, 51 East 4th Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1929–2008)
Key people	James Murphy (Chairman); Bernd Meyer; (President); Jorge Araya (CEO and CCO)
Products	Cigarettes
Number of employees	4,000
Parent	Reynolds American
Website	rjrt.com

The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) is an American tobacco manufacturing company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and headquartered at the RJR Plaza Building. Founded by R. J. Reynolds in 1875,^[1] it is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States (behind Altria). The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reynolds American, after merging with the U.S. operations of British American Tobacco in 2004.

RJR has a large brand portfolio, which includes Camel, Newport, Doral, Eclipse, Kent, and Pall Mall. Other brands commercialized in the past were Barclay, Belair, and Real.

^ ^a ^b Frank Tursi, Susan E. White and Steve McQuilkin (1999). "In the Belly of the Beast". Winston-Salem Journal. Archived from the original on 2010-07-12.
^ "Who We Are". rjrt.com. Reynolds American. 2010. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2010.