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− | BAT Kenya is lobbying the government to reverse the ban on its nicotine pouches. Kenya wanted to classify BAT’s nicotine pouches as tobacco products that are under the tobacco control law, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said last February after the product was declared illegal by his ministry. | + | BAT Kenya is lobbying the government to reverse the ban on its nicotine pouches. Kenya wanted to classify BAT’s nicotine pouches as tobacco products that are under the tobacco control law, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said last February after the product was declared illegal by his ministry. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/companies/bat-lobbies-to-resume-nicotine-pouch-sales-3786400 BAT in talks to resume sales of Lyft], ''The Business Daily'', 19 April 2022, Accessed 26 April 2022 </ref> |
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+ | The move would place on the nicotine pouches similar marketing restrictions that are imposed on cigarettes and other tobacco products by the Tobacco Control Act, which include promotions and advertising, usage in public areas, and use by minors. <ref> | ||
An employee of a Kenyan PR agency working directly for British American Tobacco offered a bribe to a journalist to leak details of The Bureau’s investigation into how the company had targeted young non-smokers. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210312015105/https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-02-21/bats-pr-agency-tried-to-bribe-bureaus-kenyan-reporter BAT’s PR agency tried to bribe Bureau’s Kenyan reporter], ''The Bureau Investigates'', 21 February 2021, Accessed 12 March 2021</ref> | An employee of a Kenyan PR agency working directly for British American Tobacco offered a bribe to a journalist to leak details of The Bureau’s investigation into how the company had targeted young non-smokers. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210312015105/https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-02-21/bats-pr-agency-tried-to-bribe-bureaus-kenyan-reporter BAT’s PR agency tried to bribe Bureau’s Kenyan reporter], ''The Bureau Investigates'', 21 February 2021, Accessed 12 March 2021</ref> |