There is incontrovertible evidence of multinational tobacco companies benefiting from the smuggling of their own packs: in some instances, through indiscriminate sales where they choose not to track how the packs end up in illicit supply chains, but more often through structured, planned, organised schemes selling what they colloquially may refer to as duty not paid cigarettes, through corporate structures aimed at making their supply chains as opaque as possible
I have all kinds of pains I don't want to know about and I know that's what they're from
See Action needed: Strong Tobacco 21 policies for more
As part of its ambition to become a primarily Smokeless business by 2035, BAT continues to invest in science-led invention, sustainability, and digital innovation to build A Better Tomorrow one where adult customers can switch to low-risk alternatives
Chen T, Chou S, Chen M, Lin J (2022) IbTLD modulates reactive oxygen species scavenging and DNA protection to confer salinity stress tolerance in tobacco