The stock did not resume trading for a month and then when it reopened on the Nasdaq lost roughly half its value.
But price cuts there got homes selling again, and the stock has resumed its ascent.
Many tobacco industry analysts expect the stock to resume its climb.
And so all stocks, from A to Z, resumed their journey south.
If the stock resumes trading, there is a greater likelihood that banks will lend to the company.
The stock resumed trading four minutes later at $7 and closed at $6.69, down $1.67, or 20 percent.
When the stock resumed trading, the price had dropped to $44.25.
Small stocks have resumed their leadership, which they had from 1991 to 1993.
The stock, which last traded at 15 7/8, off 3, did not resume trading for the remainder of the day.
In the first minutes after its stock resumed trading, more than seven million shares changed hands.