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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
The Board of Directors
Whitman Corporation:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 1, 2000, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Whitman Corporation and subsidiaries as of the
end of fiscal years 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of
income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the fiscal years 1999,
1998, and 1997, which report appears in the fiscal 1999 annual report on Form
10-K of Whitman Corporation.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
December 21, 2000
