R. J. Reynolds Plans Cuts: R. J....

R. J. Reynolds Plans Cuts: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco USA said it plans to cut about 700 jobs connected with the so-called smokeless cigarette that was abandoned after failing market tests. The hourly workers, whom the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based unit of RJR Nabisco Inc. would have used in producing its Premier brand, will be offered early retirement enhancements or cash incentives to leave voluntarily. Tobacco unit President Ralph Angiuoli said the cuts were made because of the “impact of the brand’s reduced production requirements.”