PM - Altria: Investors Need To Take Regulation Plans Seriously

• Tobacco stocks have recently come under fire amid renewed fears about tougher regulation in the shape of reduced nicotine levels and higher cigarette taxes.
• Investors need to take regulation plans seriously.
• Looking at current research on tobacco regulation and lower nicotine levels helps understand what possible directions regulators may take.
• A brief digression to New Zealand provides an idea about what potential regulatory measures could be taken in the not so near future.
• Ultimately, Altria is a healthy business with an attractive dividend that is permanently confronted with regulatory risk and sudden stock price declines.

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