Mac Livingston | Vice President of Investor Relations, Altria Client Services |
Billy Gifford | Chief Executive Officer |
Sal Mancuso | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
Chris Growe | Stifel |
Pamela Kaufman | Morgan Stanley |
Vivien Azer | Cowen & Company |
Bonnie Herzog | Goldman Sachs |
Gaurav Jain | Barclays |
Jennifer Maloney | The Wall Street Journal |
Good day, and welcome to the Altria Group 2022 Second Quarter and First Half Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is scheduled to last about 1 hour, including remarks by Altria's management and a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the call over to Mac Livingston, Vice President of Investor Relations for Altria Client Services. Please go ahead, sir.
Thanks, Ashley.