The nation’s largest cigarette manufacturer said it...

The nation’s largest cigarette manufacturer said it will begin test-marketing an almost smokeless cigarette in the final three months of the year. “We are very positive about the prospects for this new cigarette and believe it will provide consumers with another alternative in their selection of cigarette brands and styles,” said F. Ross Johnson, chairman of RJR Nabisco Inc. Johnson spoke at the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting in Atlanta. The company has not said where the cigarette will be sold or under what brand name.