Altria Group, Inc. — Ethics Grade F

Altria Group, Inc. receives an overall ethics grade of F (10/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Tobacco. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 35
• privacy: 50
• consumer: 2
• environment: 30
• humanRights: 10

Documented incidents (3)

• Decades of fraud and deception (high, 2006) — Federal court found Altria/Philip Morris guilty of racketeering for 50+ years of lying about health risks of smoking and nicotine addiction.
• JUUL youth vaping crisis (high, 2019) — Invested $12.8B in JUUL, fueling a youth vaping epidemic. JUUL later banned by FDA for marketing to teens.
• Continued nicotine addiction business (high, 2023) — Despite knowing products kill half of long-term users, continues aggressive marketing and lobbying against regulation.