I'm a huge fan of most dividend stocks. I love investing in companies that pay sizable dividends that steadily increase. That's because they'll supply me with a growing income stream, which should eventually provide me with enough passive income to retire.

Given my fondness for big dividends, Altria Group (NYSE: MO) would seem to fit my strategy. It pays a 9.7%-yielding dividend that it has increased 58 times in the last 54 years. However, I won't touch the stock with a 10-foot pole. Here's why.

Altria Group offers a very tempting dividend. The leading U.S. tobacco company pays one of the highest-yielding dividends (its 9.7% yield is several times above the S&P 500's 1.4%).

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