Earns Lorillard

FILE - In this file photo made Dec. 8, 2009, Newport cigarettes, a Lorillard Inc. brand, are seen on display at Costco in Mountain View, Calif. Lorillard, the maker of Newport, Maverick and True cigarettes, said Monday, April 26, 2010, its first-quarter profit climbed 26 percent as domestic wholesale shipments and average prices grew. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)