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https://richmond.com/business/star-scientific-to-stop-making-tobacco-products/article_19979fcd-8ca9-589d-aa91-2edfbe7524dd.html
Star Scientific at the time was making smokeless tobacco products and then shifted over to making dietary supplements of which anatabine is derived as an anti-inflammatory.
So, McDonnel would have received "gifts" from Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams Sr at a time when the company was no longer making smokeless tobacco but had shifted their attention to making a dietary supplement for inflammation derived from the tobacco and tomato plants.