Tobacco Giants Move Into Dutch Cannabis

Big tobacco’s big move into weed: Altria, the Marlboro giant, is deepening its cannabis play by backing Cronos, which just snapped up a Dutch grower for 57.5 million euros. As cigarette sales decline, tobacco giants are eyeing cannabis as a cash cow — and they’re not just buying companies. Philip Morris’ Aspeya is funding research that paints cannabis in a positive light, raising alarms about biased literature reviews and cherry-picked data. With influencers and social media tactics from the vape era, these corporations are poised to dominate a new market — while the Dutch government prepares to review its own cannabis experiment. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/406009c0053bca55