The best example I can think of is Altria, the largest cigarette maker in the U.S.. It's been a terrific stock over the last 4 decades, and has done especially well after about 1998. (financialuproar.com)
At the end of that fight, he helped negotiate a $ 206 billion settlement from cigarette makers like Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, and Brown & Williamson for causing cancer. (eidclimate.org)
«Over the course of three short days, the tobacco stocks were bent, they were spindled and they were mutilated by the realization that electronic cigarettes have become a serious threat to the old - school cigarette makers,» he continued. (cnbc.com)