STEVE INSKEEP, Host: In business news, two big addictions - Oreos and cigarettes - may part ways.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, Host: Altria would be able to focus on its tobacco-selling strategy. And for tobacco companies, it's all about strategy as more and more cities and countries enact smoking bans.
The parent company of cigarette giant Philip Morris — Altria — is expected to announce plans to spin off Kraft Foods. The move would allow Kraft and its stock price to escape the cloud of potential tobacco litigation. Altria would be able to focus on a strategy to sell tobacco.