Premier Manufacturing, Inc. is a subsidiary of U.S. Tobacco Cooperative, Inc. Our nationally distributed brands include Wildhorse®, 1839®, Shield®, 1st Class®, Ultra Buy®, Ace®, Manitou® and Traffic®. Premier brands are manufactured in a cooperative-owned facility located in Timberlake, NC. The cooperative provides the highest quality flue-cured tobacco available and is a primary component of any quality cigarette.

All of Premier’s products: cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, RYO tobacco, and cigarette tubes provide adult consumers with a high-quality tobacco product at the very best value; look for the "Tobacco from US Farmers®" trademark on your next pack or carton.