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British American Tobacco (BAT)

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How British American Tobacco Blackmailed Kenyan Government To Weaken Health Warnings On Nicotine Pouches

An investigation by The Guardian has uncovered British American Tobacco (BAT) pressured Kenya to reduce health warnings on Lyft nicotine pouches, threatening investment withdrawal. BAT threatened it would pull investment from a Nairobi factory if its request for smaller labelling was not met. Letters between British American Tobacco (BAT) and the Ministry of Health show the […]

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Whistleblower Report Reveals How BAT Has Been Corruptly Influencing To Undermine Tobacco Control Efforts

Summary Watchdog says BAT gave cash and cars to dozens of politicians, civil servants, journalists as well as people working at competitor companies to help influence and secure health policies that favour their business activities in key African countries. The whistleblower documents connected to BAT’s questionable dealings in East and Central Africa revealed evidence of […]

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How British American Tobacco Conducted Extensive And Potentially Illegal Activity To Undermine Health Policy, Sabotage Competitors And Secure Profits In Kenya And Africa

Contributor, New York, USA, Sept 15 – Two new analyses of whistleblower documents and court records by the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath and published by STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog, suggest that British American Tobacco PLC (BAT) allegedly used payments to dozens of individuals and potentially unlawful surveillance to tighten its […]

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