April 09, 2008
Bowling
Green, Ky. - U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. (USSTC) has donated $65,000 in scholarships to Western Kentucky University’s Department of Agriculture for the 2008-09 school year. The funds will help cover the cost of college for the adult sons and daughters of Kentucky and Tennessee dark tobacco producers.
The donation marks the 11th consecutive academic year that USSTC has contributed scholarship funds to WKU’s agriculture department. In all, the company has donated 302 WKU scholarships to 131 farm families for a total of $724,000.
“At USSTC, we are extremely proud that we have been able to help make the college dream a reality for hundreds of Kentucky and Tennessee men and women over the past 10 years,” said Danny Kingins, USSTC Hopkinsville plant manager. “We remain deeply committed to both the agricultural community and the universities of this region and will continue to do all we can to lend a hand to the area’s dark-tobacco producing farm families.”
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. is a distinctly different tobacco company. Through its subsidiaries, it is a leading producer and marketer of moist smokeless tobacco products. The company’s primary brands are Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal and Husky. The company is the only smokeless tobacco manufacturer to sign the Smokeless Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (STMSA). Under the STMSA, the company voluntarily adopted an array of advertising and promotional restrictions and agreed to pay $100 million towards programs to reduce youth access to tobacco products and combat youth substance abuse.
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