Rothmans, Benson & Hedges

Rothmans, Benson & Hedges (RBH) is the Canadian arm of smoking giant Philip Morris International (PMI). RBH makes and markets cigarettes and tobacco for roll-your-own use. The company's main brands include Accord, Belmont, Benson and Hedges, Canadian Classics, Craven "A," Mark Ten, Number 7, and Rothmans. RBH purchases most of its tobacco from Canadian growers and controls almost a quarter of the Canadian tobacco-product market. RBH, Canada's second-largest tobacco company, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of PMI in 2008 when PMI purchased its former parent, Rothmans Inc., for about $1.9 billion. The company has been bracing itself for the first round of Canadian class-action suits against tobacco companies.