R.J. Reynolds Tobacco is seeking volunteers among its 1,400 factory workers to take severance packages as it prepares to close its Winston-Salem cigarette plant in June and consolidate production at its Tobaccoville factory.

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R.J. Reynolds Tobacco is seeking volunteers among its 1,400 factory workers to take severance packages as it prepares to close its Winston-Salem cigarette plant in June and consolidate production at its Tobaccoville factory. The number of jobs cut won't be announced until later this month. In an unrelated matter, parent Reynolds American agreed to...