Editing British American Tobacco

British American Tobacco is one of the leading, multi-category consumer goods companies. It employs over 85,000 people, with market leadership in over 55 countries and factories in 42. Its strategic portfolio is made up of its global cigarette brands and an increasing range of potentially reduced-risk products, comprising vapour and tobacco heating products, as well as oral tobacco and nicotine products such as moist snuff and snus. <REF>British American Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOAWURBD News Release British American Tobacco underlines commitment to transforming tobacco in latest Group reports], March 2018, Accessed 11 September 2018 </REF> <ref>British American Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/oneweb/framework.nsf/F/MB3?opendocument Business Principles and Framework for CSR], Accessed March 2022 </ref>

==Company Overview==
British American Tobacco is the largest international tobacco company by revenue. <ref name="BAT_CAPDAYS”>  British American Tobacco website,  [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/uk__9d9kcy.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOBMSP7L/$FILE/medMDBMTG5V.pdf?openelement DELIVERING FOR TODAY & INVESTING IN THE FUTURE], 18 March 2020, p. 3, Accessed 20 March 2020 </ref>  British American Tobacco is a publicly traded company based in London. In 2018, British American Tobacco operated in over 200 markets with 29 markets selling its heating, vapour, and modern oral products. <ref name="BAT_AR2019"> British American Tobacco,[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOAWWGJT/$file/Annual_Report_and_Form_20-F_2018.pdf Annual report], p. 5, 28 February 2019, Accessed 12 March 2019 </ref> British American Tobacco is the third largest producer in the global tobacco market, and controls 11.4 percent of the international cigarette market. Top selling brands include Pall Mall, Rothmans, Kent, Dunhill, and Lucky Strike, and these five brands account for more than half of all British American Tobacco cigarette sales.<ref>1. Euromonitor International [database on the Internet]. Cigarettes. Euromonitor International;
c 2017. </ref> British American Tobacco has a strong presence in Lausanne, Switzerland and at cigarette factory at Boncourt, canton Jura. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/lobbying_switzerland--the-land-of-the-tobacco-industry/44449446 Switzerland: the land of the tobacco industry], ''Swissinfo.ch'', 3 October 2018, Accessed 14 April 2019 </ref> In 2019, British American Tobacco reported a revenue increase by 5.7 percent to GBP 25,877 million. {{r|BAT_YE_2019|p=2}} At the May 2020 AGM, shareholders signaled their discontent at the annual meeting by narrowly voting against an advisory vote on compensation for the company’s executives. A preliminary result of the votes indicated that about 51% of shareholders voted against the advisory, while 49 percent voted for it. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.richmond.com/business/altria-shareholders-narrowly-reject-advisory-vote-on-executive-compensation-new-ceo-says-he-likes-the/article_6cb62c34-226e-5d77-8981-d7cfb87e81e5.html Altria shareholders narrowly reject advisory vote on executive compensation; new CEO says he likes the way company is positioned], ''Richmond'', 14 May 2020, 19 June 2020</ref> 

In April 2021, more than 38 percent of British American Tobacco shareholders opposed the directors’ remuneration report after CEO Jack Bowles received a 3 per cent increase in his salary to GBP 1.3 million, following a 9.5 per cent rise the year before. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/executive-pay-row-sparks-bat-shareholder-revolt-wwx9kp8zs Executive pay row sparks BAT shareholder revolt], ''The Times'', 29 April 2021, Accessed 10 May 2021 </ref> 

In 2021, British American Tobacco announced that it plans to save 1 billion pounds through an efficiency project called “Quantum” and business simplification program for the next three years. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20200330000891 BAT unveils new corporate strategy], The Investor, 30 March 2020, Accessed 11 May 2022 </ref>

===Key Executives===
Outgoing British American Tobacco independent chairman Richard Burrows stepped down from his role after more than nine years. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/bat-prepares-for-chairman-transition-new-ceo-took-over-april/article_962926a9-1c7a-5417-a7bd-07e33e28d226.html BAT prepares for chairman transition; new CEO took over April 1], ''Journal Now'', 12 April 2019, Accessed 12 April 2019 </ref> He is succeeded by Luc Jobin. Luca Gentile is the new Head of External Relations and Communication of British American Tobacco Italy. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.spotandweb.it/news/821708/luca-gentile-responsabile-comunicazione-british-american-tobacco.html Luca gentile responsible comunicazione British American Tobacco], ''Spot and web'',  15 July 2019, Accessed 9 August 2019 </ref> In July 2019, British American Tobacco Korea has named Kim Eui-soung as its new CEO. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2019/07/694_272663.html BAT Korea names new CEO], ''Korea Times'', 22 July 2019, Accessed 9 August 2019 </ref>


{| class="wikitable"
! style="font-weight:bold; width:20%" |Name
! style="font-weight:bold; width:20%" |Position
! style="font-weight:bold; width:40%" |Bio
|-
|Jack Bowles
|Chief Executive
|Jack became British American Tobacco’s Chief Operating Officer for the International Business in October 2017. Joining the Group in 2004, Jack was Chairman of British American Tobacco France in 2005 before taking up the role of Managing Director of British American Tobacco Malaysia in 2007. He joined the Management Board as Regional Director for Western Europe in October 2009 before becoming Regional Director for the Americas in October 2011. He was appointed Regional Director, Asia-Pacific in January 2013, a position he continued to hold until 1 January 2018 when a new regional structure came into effect.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|Jerome Abelman
|Director, Legal and External Affairs And General Counsel
|Jerry was appointed Director, Legal and External Affairs and General Counsel in May 2015, having joined the Management Board as Group Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Director in January 2015. He has been with the Group for over 15 years and has held a number of roles in Legal. Jerry was Regional General Counsel, Asia-Pacific from 2010 to 2014, before becoming Assistant General Counsel – Corporate and Commercial. Jerry was a member of the Board of Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) from February 2016 until the acquisition of RAI in July 2017.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team">British American Tobacco website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOBB9HZA Management Board], Accessed 18 June 2021 </REF>
|-
|Javed Iqbal
|Director, Digital and Information
|Javed joined BAT as a Management Trainee in 1996 and have held several roles across the BAT world – most recently as the Area Director for Middle East, South Asia and North Africa. <ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|Luciano Comin
|Regional Director, Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa
|Luciano Comin was appointed Regional Director, Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa in January 2019. He joined British American Tobacco as a Management Trainee in Argentina in 1992 and during his career with the Group has gained broad experience in a wide range of roles, including Marketing Director in Venezuela, Marketing Director in Mexico and General Manager of BAT Mexico. Luciano was also Regional Marketing Manager for Western Europe and then Regional Head of Marketing, Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa before his appointment to the Management Board. <ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|Michael Dijanosic
|Regional Director, Asia-Pacific and Middle East
|Michael joined the BAT Management Board on 1 September 2020 in the role of Regional Director, Asia-Pacific and Middle East. He was previously Area Director for Asia-Pacific and Global Travel Retail.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|Zafar Aslam Khan
|Director, Operations
|Zafar Khan became a member of the Management Board as Director, Operations, on 1 February 2021, having previously been Group Head of New Categories Operations. <ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|Hae In Kim
|Director, Talent and Culture Designate
|Hae In was appointed Director, Talent and Culture Designate in January 2019 and will succeed Giovanni Giordano, currently Director, Group Human Resources, on 1 April 2019. She was previously Group Head of Talent and Organisational Effectiveness and has held several other senior HR roles in British American Tobacco, including Regional HR Director, Asia-Pacific and HR Director, Japan and North Asia. Prior to joining the Group, Hae In gained experience at Samsung, IBM Consulting Services and PwC. Hae In has been a Non-Executive Director of Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited since April 2015. <ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|Paul Lageweg
|Director, New Categories
|Paul was appointed Director, New Categories, a new role on the Management Board, in January 2019. This role, reporting directly to the Chief Marketing Officer, has end-to-end accountability for driving growth, innovation, world-class brand building and consumer insights for the Group’s potentially reduced-risk products. Paul has been with the Group for 13 years in various senior roles, including Regional Marketing Manager, Asia-Pacific and Middle East; Area Director, East Asia; and Global Head of Marketing Futures. Before joining BAT, Paul held senior marketing roles at Unilever and Kimberly-Clark.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|Tadeu Marroco
|Finance Director
|Tadeu was appointed Regional Director, Europe and North Africa in January 2018. He joined the Management Board as Director, Business Development, in September 2014 and was appointed Regional Director, Western Europe in December 2016, a position he held until 1 January 2018 when a new regional structure came into effect and Tadeu took up his current role. He joined British American Tobacco in Brazil over 20 years ago and his other previous roles include Regional Finance Controller, EEMEA, and Group Finance Controller. <ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|Dr. David O’Reilly
|Director, Research and Science
|David was appointed Group Scientific Director in January 2012. He has been with British American Tobacco for over 20 years and has held various positions in Group Research and Development. He has led the Group’s R&D efforts to develop reduced toxicant products and has also been Head of International Public Health and Scientific Affairs, responsible for engagement with the scientific, medical and public health communities.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|Guy Meldrum
|President and CEO, Reynolds American Inc.
|Guy Meldrum was appointed President and CEO of Reynolds American in September 2020. He was previously the company's the Regional Director, Asia-Pacific and Middle East 2019. He joined the company in 1992 and has held several senior roles in the Group including Area Director, North Asia Area and Marketing Director, Russia.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|Johan Vandermeulen
|Regional Director, Asia-Pacific and Middle East
|Johan was appointed Regional Director, Asia-Pacific and Middle East in January 2018. He joined the Management Board as Regional Director for Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa in September 2014, a position he held until 1 January 2018 when a new regional structure came into effect and Johan took up his current role. He has been with British American Tobacco for more than 25 years and his previous roles include General Manager in Russia, General Manager in Turkey and Global Brand Director for the Kent brand.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|Kingsley Wheaton
|Chief Marketing Officer
|Kingsley was appointed Regional Director, Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa in January 2018. He joined the Group in 1996 and has held a number of roles in Marketing. He was Marketing Director in Nigeria and Russia, before becoming General Manager in Russia. He was Global Brand Director responsible for the Kent and Vogue brands, before joining the Management Board in January 2012 as Deputy Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Director. In June 2012 he was appointed Director, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs. In January 2015, Kingsley became Managing Director, Next Generation Products. <ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|Paul Lageweg
|Director, New Categories
|Lageweg was appointed Director, New Categories in January 2019. In this new role on the Management Board, he is responsible for innovation, brand building and the growth of our potentially reduced-risk products (PRRPs). He has been with British American Tobacco since 2005 in various roles, including Regional Marketing Manager, Asia-Pacific and Middle East; Area Director, East Asia; and Global Head of Marketing Futures. He began my career in the world of FMCG in international roles at Unilever and then Kimberly-Clark. <ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|}

===Board Members===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="font-weight:bold; width:20%" |Name
! style="font-weight:bold; width:20%" |Position
! style="font-weight:bold; width:40%" |Bio <ref>British American Tobacco website, [https://web.archive.org/web/20201211140739/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOBB9HYM Main Board], Accessed 18 July 2021</ref>
|-
| Luc Jobin
| Non-Executive Director
| Luc was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. as a Non-Executive Director on 25 July 2017 and was appointed as Chairman from the conclusion of the Company’s 2021 AGM. He is also Chairman of the Nominations Committee.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
| Jack Bowles
| CEO
| Jack joined the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. on 1 January 2019, and was appointed Chief Executive on 1 April 2019. <ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
| Sue Farr
| Non-Executive Director
| Sue was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. as a Non-Executive Director in February 2015. She is a member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
| Holly Keller Koeppel
| Non-Executive Director
| Holly was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. as a Non-Executive Director on 25 July 2017. She is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
| Savio Kwan
| Non-Executive Director
| Savio was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. as a Non-Executive Director in January 2014. He is a member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
| Dimitri Panayotopoulos
| Senior Independent Director
| Dimitri was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. as a Non-Executive Director in February 2015. He became Senior Independent Director on 30 April 2020. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
| Tadeu Marroco
| Finance and Transformation Director
| Tadeu joined the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. as Finance Director on 5 August 2019. In February 2021, his role title changed to Finance and Transformation Director.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
| Karen Guerra
| Non-executive Director
| Karen was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. as a Non-Executive Director on 14 September 2020. She is a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees Committees.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
| Darrell Thomas
| Non-executive Director
| Darrell was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. as a Non-Executive Director on 7 December 2020. He is a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees.<ref name="BAT_our_leadership_team"/>
|-
|Krishnan “Kandy” Anand 
|Non-executive Director
|Krishnan “Kandy” Anand joined the Board of BAT as an independent Non-Executive Director and member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees, effective from 14 February 2022. <ref>British American Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOCBHQ63&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1646605270723931&usg=AOvVaw1Hn8oHW-1LUAu2E5md6jMo Watch: 2021 results highlights animation], 11 February 2022, Accessed 6 March 2022</ref>
|-
|}

===List of Significant Subsidiaries===

<small>"significant" > 20 percent management control</small>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Subsidiary Name <ref>British American Tobacco website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1303523/000095012317002965/filename23.htm ''EX-21.1 of F-4 for British American Tobacco p l c''], May 2017, Accessed 17 September 2018</ref>

! style="font-weight:bold; width: 30%;" |State or Country of Organization
! style="font-weight:bold; width: 30%;" |Region
|-
| British American Tobacco (Algérie) S.P.A.
| Algeria
| Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
|-
| British American Tobacco Argentina S.A.I.C.y F.
| Argentina
| Americas
|-
| British American Tobacco Australia Limited
| Australia
| Asia-Pacific
|-
| British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited
| Bangladesh
| Asia-Pacific
|-
| British American Tobacco Belgium S.A.
| Belgium
| Western Europe
|-
| Souza Cruz LTDA
| Brazil
| Americas
|-
| British American Tobacco (Cambodia) Limited
| Cambodia
| Americas
|-
| Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited
| Canada
| Americas
|-
| British American Tobacco Chile Operaciones S.A.
| Chile
| Americas
|-
| British American Tobacco Colombia S.A.S.
| Colombia
| Americas
|-
| British American Tobacco (Czech Republic), s.r.o.
| Czech Republic
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco Denmark A/S (House of Prince A/S)
| Denmark
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco Egypt LLC
| Egypt
| Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
|-
| British American Tobacco France SAS
| France
| Western Europe
|-
| BATIG Gesellschaft fur Beteiligungen m.b.H.
| Germany
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH
| Germany
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco (Industrie) GmbH
| Germany
| Western Europe
|-
| PT Bentoel Internasional Investama, Tbk
| Indonesia
| Asia-Pacific
|-
| B.A.T. Pars Company (Private Joint Stock)
| Iran, Islamic Republic of
| Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
|-
| British American Tobacco Italia S.p.A.
| Italy
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco Japan, Ltd.
| Japan
| Asia-Pacific
|-
| British American Tobacco Kazakhstan Trading LLP
| Kazakhstan
| Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
|-
| British American Tobacco Korea Limited
| Korea, Republic of
| Asia-Pacific
|-
| British American Tobacco Korea Manufacturing Limited
| Korea, Republic of
| Asia-Pacific
|-
| British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Berhad
| Malaysia
| Asia-Pacific
|-
| British American Tobacco Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (iv)
| Mexico
| Americas
|-
| British American Tobacco Exports B.V.
| Netherlands
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco Holdings (The Netherlands) B.V.
| Netherlands
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco Nederland B.V.
| Netherlands
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco Western Europe Region B.V.
| Netherlands
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco (New Zealand) Limited
| New Zealand
| Asia-Pacific
|-
| British American Tobacco (Nigeria) Limited
| Nigeria
| Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
|-
| British American Tobacco Marketing Nigeria Limited
| Nigeria
| Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
|-
| Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited
| Pakistan
| Asia-Pacific
|-
| British American Tobacco Polska Trading sp. zo.o.
| Poland
| Western Europe
|-
| British-American Tobacco Polska S.A.
| Poland
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco (Romania) Trading SRL
| Romania
| Western Europe
|-
| JSC ‘British American Tobacco-SPb’
| Russia
| Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
|-
| JSC ‘International Tobacco Marketing Services’
| Russia
| Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
|-
| British-American Tobacco (Singapore) Private Limited
| Singapore
| Asia-Pacific
|-
| British American Tobacco Holdings South Africa (Pty) Limited
| South Africa
| Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
|-
| British American Tobacco España, S.A.
| Spain
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco Switzerland S.A.
| Switzerland
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco Tütün Mamulleri Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
| Turkey
| Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
|-
| LLC “British American Tobacco Sales and Marketing Ukraine”
| Ukraine
| Western Europe
|-
| PJSC “A/T B.A.T. – Prilucky Tobacco Company”
| Ukraine
| Western Europe
|-
| B.A.T (U.K. and Export) Limited
| United Kingdom
| Western Europe
|-
| B.A.T Services Limited
| United Kingdom
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco (GLP) Limited
| United Kingdom
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
| United Kingdom
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco Global Travel Retail Limited
| United Kingdom
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco Western Europe Commercial Trading Limited
| United Kingdom
| Western Europe
|-
| B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c.
| United Kingdom
| Western Europe
|-
| BATMark Limited
| United Kingdom
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco (Brands) Limited
| United Kingdom
| Western Europe
|-
| British-American Tobacco (Holdings) Limited
| United Kingdom
| Western Europe
|-
| British American Tobacco UK Limited
| United Kingdom
| Western Europe
|-
| R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
| United States
| United States
|-
| RAI Services Company
| United States
| United States
|-
| RAI Trade Marketing Services Company
| United States
| United States
|-
| Reynolds American Inc.
| United States
| United States
|-
| B.A.T Capital Corporation
| United States
| United States
|-
| British American Tobacco (Brands) Inc.
| United States
| United States
|-
| American Snuff Company, LLC
| United States
| United States
|-
| Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc
| United States
| United States
|-
| Compania Anonima Cigarrera Bigott Sucesores
| Venezuela
| Americas
|-
|}

===Group companies and undertakings===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left: 10px;"
! Country{{r|BAT_AR2019|p=236-45}}||  Subsidiary Undertakings{{r|BAT_AR2019|p=236-45}} ||  Percentage{{r|BAT_AR2019|p=236-45}}				
|-
| Albania ||  British American Tobacco – Albania SH.P.K.	 ||  NA							
|-
| Algeria ||   British American Tobacco (Algérie) S.P.A. ||  51					
|-
| Angola ||  Agrangol Limitada ||  77
|-
| Angola ||  British American Tobacco – B.A.T. Angola, Limitada || NA
|-
| Angola ||  Fabrica de Tabacos de Cacuso ||  51
|-
| Angola ||  SETA, Sarl ||  98	
|-
| Angola ||  Sociedade Geral de Distribuição e Comércio, Limitada ||  NA
|-
| Angola ||  Sociedade Industrial Tabacos Angola LDA ||  76.60
|-
| Angola ||  Sociedade Unificada Tabacos Angola LDA ||  76.30
|-
| Argentina ||  British American Tobacco Argentina S.A.I.C.y F. ||  99.98
|-
| Australia ||  American Cigarette Company (Overseas) Pty. Limited ||  NA
|-
| Australia ||  British American Tobacco (Australasia Holdings) Pty Limited ||  NA
|-
| Australia ||  British American Tobacco Australasia Limited ||  NA
|-
| Australia ||  British American Tobacco Australia Limited ||  NA
|-
| Australia ||  British American Tobacco Australia Overseas Pty Limited ||  NA
|-
| Australia ||  British American Tobacco Australia Services Limited ||  NA
|-
| Australia ||  British American Tobacco Manufacturing Australia Pty Ltd ||  NA
|-
| Australia ||  Martins of Piccadilly Pty Ltd ||  NA
|-
| Australia ||  Rothmans Asia Pacific Limited9  ||  NA
|-
| Australia ||  The Benson &amp; Hedges Company Pty. Limited ||  NA
|-
| Australia ||  The Nelson Tobacco Manufacturing Corporation Pty. Ltd ||  NA
|-
| Australia ||  W.D. &amp; H.O. Wills Holdings Limited ||  NA
|-
| Australia ||  Wills (Pagewood) Pty Limited ||  NA
|-
| Austria ||  British American Tobacco (Austria) GmbH ||  NA
|-
| Bahrain ||  British American Tobacco Middle East S.P.C. ||  NA
|-
| Bangladesh ||  British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited || 72.91					
|-
| Barbados ||  B.C.O., Inc ||  NA
|-
| Barbados ||  Southward Insurance Ltd. || NA
|-
| Belarus ||  British-American Tobacco Trading Company Foreign Private Trading Unitary Enterprise ||  NA
|-
| Belgium ||  British American Tobacco Holdings Belgium N.V. ||  NA
|-
| Belgium ||  British American Tobacco Belgium N.V. ||  NA
|-
| Belgium ||  Tabacofina-Vander Elst N.V. ||  NA
|-
| Belgium ||  British American Tobacco Co-ordination Centre/L.P. Co-ordination Centre VOF ||  NA
|-
| Benin ||  British American Tobacco Benin SA ||  NA
|-
| Bolivia ||  BAT Bolivia S.R.L. ||  NA
|-
| Bosnia and Herzegovina ||  TOBACCO PRESS d.o.o. Mostar ||  NA
|-
| Bosnia and Herzegovina ||  IPRESS d.o.o. || NA
|-
| Bosnia and Herzegovina ||  British American Tobacco – BAT – BL d.o.o. ||  NA
|-
| Bosnia and Herzegovina ||  TDR d.o.o. Sarajevo ||  NA
|-
| Bosnia and Herzegovina ||  iNovine BH d.o.o. ||  NA
|-
| Bosnia and Herzegovina ||  Opresa d.o.o. ||  NA
|-
| Bosnia and Herzegovina ||  FDBL-B d.o.o. Banja Luka ||  NA
|-
| Botswana || British American Tobacco Botswana (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Botswana || Business Venture Investments Botswana 6773 (Pty) Ltd. || NA
|-
| Brazil ||  Yolanda Participacoes S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Brazil || Souza Cruz LTDA || NA
|-
| Brunei Darussalam ||  Commercial Marketers and Distributors Sdn. Bhd.  || (100) (50)
|-
| Bulgaria ||  British American Tobacco Trading EOOD ||  NA
|-
| Bulgaria ||  Express Logistics and Distribution EOOD ||  NA
|-
| Burkina Faso ||  Tobacco Marketing Consultant Burkina Faso SARL ||  NA
|-
| Burundi ||  Tabarundi SARL ||  NA
|-
| Cambodia || British American Tobacco (Cambodia) Limited ||  71
|-
| Cambodia || British American Tobacco (Cambodge) International Limited ||  NA
|-
| Cameroon ||  British American Tobacco Cameroun S.A. ||  99.76
|-
| Canada ||  Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited ||  NA
|-
| Canada ||  Imperial Tobacco Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| Canada ||  Allan Ramsay and Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| Canada ||  Cameo Inc. || NA
|-
| Canada ||  Genstar Corporation || NA
|-
| Canada ||  Imperial Brands Limited || NA
|-
| Canada ||  Imperial Tobacco Products Limited || NA
|-
| Canada ||  Imperial Tobacco Services Inc. || NA
|-
| Canada ||  John Player &amp; Sons Limited || NA
|-
| Canada ||  Liggett &amp; Myers Tobacco Company of Canada Limited || NA
|-
| Canada ||  Marlboro Canada Limited || NA
|-
| Canada ||  Medaillon Inc. || NA
|-
| Canada ||  2004969 Ontario Inc. || NA
|-
| Cayman Islands ||  R.J. Reynolds Tobacco (CI) Co. ||  NA
|-
| Chile ||  BAT Chile S.A.  || (100) (99.51) 
|-
| Chile ||  British American Tobacco Chile Operaciones S.A.  ||  99.51
|-
| Chile ||  Inversiones Casablanca S.A.  ||  NA
|-
| China || British American (Shanghai) Enterprise Development Co. Ltd ||  NA
|-
| China || British American Nico Business Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd ||  NA
|-
| China ||  British American Consulting (Beijing) Ltd ||  NA
|-
| Colombia || British American Tobacco Colombia S.A.S. ||  NA
|-
| Colombia || Vype Colombia S.A.S. ||  NA
|-
| Congo (Democratic Republic of) ||  BAT Services Congo SARL ||  NA
|-
| Congo (Democratic Republic of) ||  British American Tobacco Import SARL ||  NA
|-
| Congo (Democratic Republic of) ||  BAT Distribution SARL ||  NA
|-
| Congo (Democratic Republic of) ||  British American Tobacco Congo SARL ||  NA
|-
| Costa Rica || BASS Americas S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Costa Rica || BATCCA Park Inversiones Immobiliarias, S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Costa Rica || BATCCA Servicios S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Croatia || Inovine d.d. ||  93.42
|-
| Croatia || BAT HRVATSKA d.o.o. u likvidaciji ||  NA
|-
| Croatia || Adista d.o.o. ||  NA
|-
| Croatia || TDR d.o.o. ||  NA
|-
| Croatia || Osje˘cka 2, 33000 Virovitica, Croatia ||  NA
|-
| Croatia || Hrvatski Duhani d.d. Tobacco Leaf Processing || 89.55
|-
| Cuba ||  Brascuba Cigarrillos S.A. || 50
|-
| Cyprus ||  B.A.T (Cyprus) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Cyprus ||  Rothmans (Middle East) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Czech Republic ||  British American Tobacco (Czech Republic), s.r.o. ||  NA
|-
| Denmark || Vester Farimagsgade 19, 1606 Copenhagen, Denmark ||  NA
|-
| Denmark || British American Tobacco Denmark A/S (House of Prince A/S) ||  NA
|-
| Denmark || Precis (1789) Denmark A/S ||  NA
|-
| Denmark || X-International ApS ||  NA
|-
| Djibouti || Rue de Magadiscio, Lot No. 133, Djibouti City, Djibouti ||  NA
|-
| Djibouti || British American Tobacco Djibouti SARL ||  NA
|-
| Egypt || Mall Katameya, 5th settlement, New Cairo, Egypt ||  NA
|-
| Egypt || BETCO for General Services and Marketing LLC ||  NA
|-
| Egypt || BETCO for Trade and Distribution LLC ||  NA
|-
| Egypt || British American Tobacco Egypt LLC ||  NA
|-
| Egypt || British American Tobacco North Africa LLC ||  NA
|-
| Eritrea || British American Tobacco (Eritrea) Share Company # ||  NA
|-
| Estonia || British American Tobacco Estonia AS ||  NA
|-
| Ethiopia || Tobacco Marketing Consultants ||  NA
|-
| Fiji || British American Tobacco (Fiji) Marketing Pte Limited ||  NA
|-
| Fiji || Central Manufacturing Company Pte Limited ||  NA
|-
| Fiji || Rothmans of Pall Mall (Fiji) Pte Limited ||  NA
|-
| Finland || British American Tobacco Finland Oy ||  NA
|-
| France || Carreras France SAS ||  NA
|-
| France || La Défense Cedex, France ||  NA
|-
| France || British American Tobacco France SAS ||  NA
|-
| France || Nicoventures France S.A.S. ||  NA
|-
| Germany || BATIG Gesellschaft fur Beteiligungen m.b.H. ||  NA
|-
| Germany || British American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH ||  NA
|-
| Germany || British American Tobacco (Hamburg International) GmbH ||  NA
|-
| Germany || British American Tobacco (Industrie) GmbH ||  NA
|-
| Germany || Chic Deutschland GmbH ||  NA
|-
| Germany || Quantus Beteiligungs – und Beratungsgesellschaft mbH ||  NA
|-
| Ghana || British American Tobacco Ghana Limited ||  97.09
|-
| Greece || British American Tobacco Hellas S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Guernsey ||  Belaire Insurance Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| Guyana || Demerara Tobacco Company Limited || 70.25
|-
| Honduras ||  Tabacalera Hondureña S.A. || 83.64
|-
| Hong Kong || British American Tobacco China Investments Limited ||  NA
|-
| Hong Kong || British American Tobacco Asia-Pacific Region Limited ||  NA
|-
| Hong Kong || British-American Tobacco Company (Hong Kong) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Hong Kong || Reynolds Asia-Pacific Limited ||  NA
|-
| Hong Kong || American Cigarette Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| Hong Kong || British Cigarette Company (1964) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Hungary || BAT Pécsi Dohánygyár Korlátolt Felelosségu Társaság ||  NA
|-
| Indonesia || PT Bentoel Internasional Investama, Tbk ||  92.48
|-
| Indonesia || PT Perusahaan Dagang dan Industri Tresno  || (100) (92.48) 
|-
| Indonesia || PT Bentoel Prima (iv)  || (100) (92.48) 
|-
| Indonesia || PT Bentoel Distribusi Utama ||  (100) (92.48) 
|-
| Iran, Islamic Republic of || B.A.T. Pars Company (Private Joint Stock) ||  99
|-
| Iran, Islamic Republic of || TDR Parisian Co ||  NA
|-
| Iraq || Enkawa, Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq ||  NA
|-
| Iraq || B.A.T. Iraqia Company for Tobacco Trading Limited ||  NA
|-
| Ireland || Carroll Group Distributors Limited ||  NA
|-
| Ireland || P.J. Carroll &amp; Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| Ireland || Rothmans of Pall Mall (Ireland) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Isle of Man ||  Abbey Investment Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| Isle of Man ||  The Raleigh Investment Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| Isle of Man ||  Tobacco Manufacturers (India) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Italy || British American Tobacco Italia S.p.A. ||  NA
|-
| Ivory Coast || British American Tobacco RCI SARL ||  NA
|-
| Ivory Coast || Tobacco Marketing Consultant CDI SARL ||  NA
|-
| Jamaica || Carreras Limited ||  50.40
|-
| Jamaica || Sans Souci Development Limited  || (100) (50.40)
|-
| Jamaica || Sans Souci Limited  ||  (100) (50.40)
|-
| Japan || British American Tobacco Japan, Ltd.  ||  NA
|-
| Jersey || Pathway 5 (Jersey) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Jordan || British American Tobacco – Jordan Private Shareholding Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| Kazakhstan ||  British American Tobacco Kazakhstan Trading LLP ||  NA
|-
| Kenya || African Cigarette Company (Overseas) Limited || (100) (60)
|-
| Kenya || BAT Kenya Tobacco Company Limited  || (100) (60) 
|-
| Kenya || British American Tobacco Area Limited ||  NA
|-
| Kenya || British American Tobacco Kenya plc  || 60
|-
| Kenya || East African Tobacco Company (Kenya) Limited ||  (100) (60) 
|-
| Korea, Republic of || British American Tobacco Korea Limited ||  NA
|-
| Korea, Republic of || British American Tobacco Korea Manufacturing Limited ||  NA
|-
| Kosovo, Republic of || British American Tobacco Kosovo SH.P.K. ||  NA
|-
| Latvia || British American Tobacco Latvia SIA ||  NA
|-
| Lithuania || UAB British American Tobacco Lietuva ||  NA
|-
| Luxembourg || British American Tobacco Brands (Switzerland) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Malawi || British American Tobacco (Malawi) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Malaysia || British American Tobacco GSD (Kuala Lumpur) Sdn Bhd ||  NA
|-
| Malaysia || BAT Aspac Service Centre Sdn Bhd ||  NA
|-
| Malaysia || British American Tobacco Malaysia Foundation ||  NA
|-
| Malaysia || British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Berhad ||  50
|-
| Malaysia || Commercial Marketers and Distributors Sdn. Bhd.  || (100) (50) 
|-
| Malaysia || Rothmans Brands Sdn. Bhd.  || (100) (50) 
|-
| Malaysia || Tobacco Importers and Manufacturers Sdn. Bhd.  || (100) (50)  
|-
| Mali || British American Tobacco (Mali) Sarl ||  NA
|-
| Malta || British American Tobacco (Malta) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Malta || Central Cigarette Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| Malta || Rothmans of Pall Mall (Malta) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Mexico || British American Tobacco Mexico Comercial, S.A. de C.V. ||  NA
|-
| Mexico || British American Tobacco Mexico, S.A. de C.V.4 ||  NA
|-
| British American Tobacco Servicios S.A. de C.V. ||  NA
|-
| Mexico || Cigarrera La Moderna, S.A. de C.V. ||  NA
|-
| Mexico || Procesadora de Tabacos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.  || 93
|-
| Moldova, Republic of || British American Tobacco – Moldova S.R.L. ||  NA
|-
| Montenegro || TDR d.o.o. Podgorica ||  NA
|-
| Mozambique || British American Tobacco Mozambique Limitada || 95
|-
| Mozambique || Sociedade Agricola de Tabacos Limitada ||  95
|-
| Myanmar || British American Tobacco Myanmar Limited  ||  95
|-
| Myanmar || British American Tobacco Myanmar Services Limited ||  NA
|-
| Namibia || British American Tobacco Namibia (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || Aruba Properties B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || AAruba Properties II B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || AB.A.T Finance B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || AB.A.T. Netherlands Finance B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco European Operations Centre B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco Exports B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco Holdings (Australia) B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco Holdings (Malaysia) B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco Holdings (South Africa) B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco Holdings (The Netherlands) B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco Holdings (Venezuela) B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco Holdings (Vietnam) B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco International (Holdings) B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco International Europe (Nederland) B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco International Investments B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco Manufacturing B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco Nederland B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ABritish American Tobacco Western Europe Region B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || AMolensteegh Invest B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || APrecis (1789) B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || APrecis (1790) B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ARothmans Far East B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ARothmans International Holdings B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ARothmans International Holdings II B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ARothmans Tobacco Investments B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ARothmans UK Holdings B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || ATurmac Tobacco Company B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || AKoninklijke Theodorus Niemeyer B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || AR.J. Reynolds Tobacco B.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || AR.J. Reynolds Tobacco C.V. ||  NA
|-
| Netherlands || AReynolds International Holdings B.V. ||  NA
|-
| New Zealand || British American Tobacco (New Zealand) Limited ||  NA
|-
| New Zealand || British American Tobacco Holdings (New Zealand) Limited ||  NA
|-
| New Zealand || New Zealand (UK Finance) Limited # ||  NA
|-
| Niger || British American Tobacco Niger ||  NA
|-
| Nigeria || British American Tobacco (Nigeria) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Nigeria || British American Tobacco Marketing Nigeria Limited ||  NA
|-
| Macedonia || TDR Skopje d.o.o.e.l. Skopje ||  NA
|-
| Norway ||  British American Tobacco Norway AS ||  NA
|-
| Pakistan || British American Tobacco SAA Services (Private) Ltd ||  NA
|-
| Pakistan || Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited ||  94.65
|-
| Pakistan || Phoenix (Private) Limited  || (100) (94.65)
|-
| Panama || BAT Caribbean, S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Panama || British American Tobacco Central America S.A.  || 87.76
|-
| Panama || British American Tobacco Panama S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Panama || Tabacalera Istmeña S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Papau New Guinea || Rothmans of Pall Mall (P.N.G.) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Papau New Guinea || British American Tobacco (PNG) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Papau New Guinea || Papua New Guinea Tobacco Co. Ltd ||  NA
|-
| Papau New Guinea || Paradise Tobacco Co. Limited ||  NA
|-
| Paraguay || British American Tobacco Productora de Cigarrillos S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Peru || British American Tobacco del Peru Holdings S.A. ||  98.55
|-
| Peru || British American Tobacco del Peru, S.A.C. ||  NA
|-
| Philippines || Alhambra Industries Inc. # ||  NA
|-
| Poland || CHIC sp.zo.o. ||  NA
|-
| Poland || CHIC sp.zo.osp.k. ||  NA
|-
| Poland || Chic Holding sp.zo.o ||  NA
|-
| Poland || Chic Investments sp.zo.o. ||  NA
|-
| Poland || eSMOKING Liquids sp.zoo ||  NA
|-
| Poland || eSMOKING Liquids sp.zo.o.sp.k. ||  NA
|-
| Poland || Nicoventures Polska sp. z.o.o. ||  NA
|-
| Poland || British American Tobacco Polska Trading sp. zo.o. ||  NA
|-
| Poland || eSMOKING INSITUTE sp.zoo ||  NA
|-
| Poland || Nicoventures Poland sp.z.o.o. ||  NA
|-
| Poland || British-American Tobacco Polska S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Portugal ||  COTAPO Empreendimentos Commerciais e Industriais S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Qatar ||  British American Tobacco Q LLC ||  NA
|-
| Réunion || B.A.T. La Reunion SAS ||  NA
|-
| Romania || British American Shared Services (Europe) S.R.L. ||  NA
|-
| Romania || British-American Tobacco (Romania) Investment S.R.L. ||  NA
|-
| Romania || British American Tobacco (Romania) Trading SRL ||  NA
|-
| Russia || JSC ‘British American Tobacco-SPb’ # ||  NA
|-
| Russia || JSC ‘International Tobacco Marketing Services’ ||  NA
|-
| Rwanda || British American Tobacco Rwanda Limited ||  NA
|-
| Saint Lucia || Carisma Marketing Services Ltd ||  NA
|-
| Saint Lucia || St Lucia Pointe Seraphine, Castries, Saint Lucia ||  NA
|-
| Saint Lucia || Rothmans Holdings (Caricom) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Samoa || British American Tobacco Company (Samoa) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Senegal || Tobacco Marketing Consultant TMC S.A.R.L. ||  NA
|-
| Serbia || British American Tobacco South – East Europe d.o.o. ||  NA
|-
| Serbia || British American Tobacco Vranje a.d.  ||  NA
|-
| Singapore || British American Tobacco Asia Pacific Treasury Private Limited ||  NA
|-
| Singapore || British American Tobacco International Services Pte Ltd ||  NA
|-
| Singapore || British-American Tobacco (Singapore) Private Limited ||  NA
|-
| Singapore || British-American Tobacco Marketing (Singapore) Private Limited ||  NA
|-
| Singapore || British American Tobacco Sales &amp; Marketing Singapore Pte. Ltd. ||  NA
|-
| Singapore || RHL Investments Pte Limited # ||  NA
|-
| Slovenia || British American Tobacco d.o.o. ||  NA
|-
| Solomon Islands || Solomon Islands Tobacco Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Agrega EEMEA (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Amalgamated Tobacco Corporation (South Africa) (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || American Cigarette Company (Overseas) Ltd. ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Benson &amp; Hedges (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || British American Shared Services Africa Middle East (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || British American Tobacco GSD (South Africa) (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || British American Tobacco Holdings South Africa (Pty) Limited # ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || British American Tobacco Manufacturers South Africa (Pty) Ltd. ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || British American Tobacco Properties South Africa (Pty) Ltd. ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || British American Tobacco Services South Africa (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || British American Tobacco South Africa (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || British American Tobacco Southern Africa Markets (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Brown &amp; Williamson Tobacco Corporation (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Business Venture Investments No 216 (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Carlton Cigarette Company (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Gauloises (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Intercontinental Tobacco Company (Pty) Ltd. ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || John Chapman (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || John Player &amp; Sons (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Kentucky Tobacco Corporation (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Martins of London (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation (Overseas) Ltd ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Riggio Tobacco Corporation of New York Ltd ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Rothmans of Pall Mall London Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || St. Regis Tobacco Corporation Ltd ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Stellenbosch Development Company (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Thomas Bear’s Son &amp; Co (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Tobacco Research and Development Institute (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || W.D. &amp; H.O. Wills (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Westminster Tobacco Company (Cape Town &amp; London) (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Winfield Tobacco Corporation (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| South Africa || Winston Tobacco Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| Spain || British American Tobacco España, S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Sri Lanka || Ceylon Tobacco Company Plc ||  84.13
|-
| Sudan || Blue Nile Cigarette Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| Swaziland || British American Tobacco Swaziland (Pty) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Sweden || British American Tobacco Sweden AB ||  NA
|-
| Sweden || British American Tobacco Sweden Holding AB ||  NA
|-
| Sweden || Winds Global AB ||  NA
|-
| Sweden || Winnington AB ||  NA
|-
| Sweden || Winnington Holding AB ||  NA
|-
| Sweden || Fiedler &amp; Lundgren AB ||  NA
|-
| Switzerland || AD Tabacs International S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Switzerland || American-Cigarette Company (Overseas) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Switzerland || British American Tobacco Switzerland S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Switzerland || British American Tobacco Switzerland Vending SA ||  NA
|-
| Switzerland || Rothmans of Pall Mall Limited ||  NA
|-
| Switzerland || Intertab S.A.  || 50
|-
| Switzerland || British American Tobacco International Limited in Liquidation ||  NA
|-
| Tanzania || British American Tobacco (Tanzania) Limited ||  NA
|-
| Tanzania || International Cigarette Distributors Limited  || 99
|-
| Tanzania || Zanzibar Distribution Company Limited  || 99
|-
| Tanzania || BAT Distribution Tanzania Limited ||  NA
|-
| Trinidad and Tobago || The West Indian Tobacco Company Limited  || 50.13
|-
| Turkey || British American Tobacco Tütün Mamulleri Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi  ||  NA
|-
| Uganda || British American Tobacco Uganda Limited ||  90
|-
| Ukraine || LLC ‘British American Tobacco Sales and Marketing Ukraine’ ||  NA
|-
| Ukraine || PJSC ‘A/T B.A.T. – Prilucky Tobacco Company’ ||  NA
|-
| United Arab Emirates || British American Tobacco GCC DMCC ||  NA
|-
| United Arab Emirates || British American Tobacco ME DMCC ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Murray, Sons &amp; Company, Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Ryesekks P.L.C.  || 50
|-
| United Kingdom || Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Allen &amp; Ginter (UK) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T (U.K. and Export) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T Cambodia (Investments) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T Far East Development Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T Far East Holding Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T Far East Leaf Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T Guangdong Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T Guizhou Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T. Portugal Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T Services Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T Uzbekistan (Investments) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T. (Westminster House) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T. China Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || BAT Finance COP Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || BATIF Dollar Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || BATUS Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Big Ben Tobacco Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Shared Services (GSD) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Shared Services Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco (AIT) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco (GLP) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco (Philippines) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco (Serbia) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco (South America) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco China Holdings Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco Georgia Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco Global Travel Retail Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco International Holdings (UK) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco Investments (Central &amp; Eastern Europe) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco Italy Investments Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco Italy Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco Korea (Investments) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco Malaysia (Investments) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco Peru Holdings Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco UK Pension Fund Trustee Limited  ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco Western Europe Commercial Trading Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British-American Tobacco (Mauritius) p.l.c. ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Carreras Rothmans Limited # ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Chelwood Trading &amp; Investment Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || East African Tobacco Company (U.K.) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Lord Extra Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Myddleton Investment Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Nicovations Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Nicoventures Holdings Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Nicoventures Retail (UK) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Nicoventures Trading Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Powhattan Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Precis (2396) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Ridirectors Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Rothmans Exports Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Rothmans International Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Rothmans International Tobacco (UK) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Rothmans International Services Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Rothmans of Pall Mall (Overseas) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Rothmans Trading Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Ryservs (1995) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Ryservs (No.3) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Tobacco Exporters International Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Tobacco Marketing Consultants Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Venezuela Property Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Westanley Trading &amp; Investment Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Westminster Tobacco Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || World Investment Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Amalgamated Tobacco Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || American Cigarette Company (Overseas) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Ardath Tobacco Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T Additional Retirement Benefit Scheme Trustee Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T Industries p.l.c. ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c.* ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || BATLaw Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || BATMark Limited * ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Benson &amp; Hedges (Overseas) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Global Shared Services Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco (1998) Limited * ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco (2009) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco (2012) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco (Brands) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco (Corby) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco (NGP) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco Taiwan Logistics Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Ventures Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British-American Tobacco (Holdings) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Brown &amp; Williamson Tobacco Corporation (Export) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Carreras Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || CG Ventures Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Courtleigh of London Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Dunhill Tobacco of London Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || John Sinclair Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Louisville Securities Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Moorgate Tobacco Co. Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Peter Jackson (Overseas) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Precis (1789) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Precis (1790) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Precis (1814) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Rothmans International Enterprises Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Rothmans of Pall Mall Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Senior Service (Overseas) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || South Western Nominees Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || The London Tobacco Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Tobacco Insurance Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Weston (2009) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Weston Investment Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || British American Tobacco UK Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || Ten Motives Limited ||  NA
|-
| United Kingdom || 10 Motives Limited ||  NA
|-
| United States || Genstar Pacific Corporation ||  NA
|-
| United States || B.A.T Capital Corporation ||  NA
|-
| United States || BATUS Holdings Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || BATUS Japan, INC. ||  NA
|-
| United States || BATUS Retail Services, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || British American Tobacco (Brands) Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || Brown &amp; Williamson Holdings, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || BTI 2014 LLC ||  NA
|-
| United States || Imasco Holdings Group, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || Imasco Holdings, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || ITL (USA) Limited ||  NA
|-
| United States || Louisville Corporate Services, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || Nicoventures U.S. Limited ||  NA
|-
| United States || Reynolds Finance Company ||  NA
|-
| United States || Kentucky BioProcessing, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || CF Vapor Company, LLC ||  NA
|-
| United States || Conwood Holdings, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || EXP Homes, LLC ||  NA
|-
| United States || LOEC, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || Lorillard Holdings Company, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || Lorillard Licensing Company LLC ||  NA
|-
| United States || Lorillard Q-Tech, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || Lorillard Technologies, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || Lorillard, LLC ||  NA
|-
| United States || Niconovum USA, Inc ||  NA
|-
| United States || Northern Brands International, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || One Park Media Services, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || R.J. Reynolds Global Products, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ||  NA
|-
| United States || R.J. Reynolds Tobacco International, Inc ||  NA
|-
| United States || R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company ||  NA
|-
| United States || R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. ||  NA
|-
| United States || R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || RAI Innovations Company ||  NA
|-
| United States || RAI International, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || RAI Services Company ||  NA
|-
| United States || RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || RAI Trade Marketing Services Company ||  NA
|-
| United States || Reynolds American Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || Reynolds Brands Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || Reynolds Technologies, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || RJR Realty Relocation Services, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || RJR Vapor Co., LLC ||  NA
|-
| United States || Rosswil LLC ||  NA
|-
| United States || S.F. Imports, Inc. ||  NA
|-
| United States || Spot You More, Inc ||  NA
|-
| United States || Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc ||  NA
|-
| United States || American Snuff Company, LLC ||  NA
|-
| Uruguay || Kellian S.A. ||  NA
|-
| Uzbekistan || JSC JV UZBAT A.O. || 97.38
|-
| Venezuela || Agrega de Venezuela, Agreven, C.A. ||  50
|-
| Venezuela || Agrobigott, C.A. ||  NA
|-
| Venezuela || Compania Anonima Cigarrera Bigott Sucesores ||  NA
|-
| Venezuela || Distribuidora Bigott, C.A. ||  NA
|-
| Venezuela || Proyectos de Inversion BAT 1902 C.A. ||  NA
|-
| Vietnam || British American Tobacco East Asia Area Services Company Limited ||  NA
|-
| Vietnam || British American Tobacco – Vintaba (JV) Limited  || 70
|-
| Vietnam || VINA-BAT Joint Venture Company ||  49
|-
| Zambia || British American Tobacco (Zambia) plc  || 78
|-
| Zimbabwe || American-Cigarette Company (Overseas) (Private) Ltd  ||  NA
|-
| Zimbabwe || British American Tobacco Zimbabwe (Holdings) Limited  || 43.13
|-
| Zimbabwe || Rothmans Limited ||  NA
|-
|}

===COVID-19 Response===
British American Tobacco subsidiary Kentucky BioProcessing is using “proprietary, fast-growing tobacco plant technology” in pre-clinical testing on animals, being one of dozens of companies and public sector organisations worldwide racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.ft.com/content/e3737752-6147-4c0e-82f2-e7df9eb9f6f8 BAT joins race to develop Covid-19 vaccine], ''Financial Times'', Accessed 21 April 2020 </ref>

Using references to “stay at home” orders, British American Tobacco pushed online sales of its e-cigarette Vype with special discounts in several countries. <ref> Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids, [https://web.archive.org/web/20201201085104/https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/media/2020/2020_05_covid-marketing BIG TOBACCO IS EXPLOITING COVID-19 TO MARKET ITS HARMFUL PRODUCTS], Accessed 1 December 2020</ref>

====Czech Republic====
According to a study by British American Tobacco, the border closure between the Czech Republic, Germany and Austria abolished the border tobacco trade. The 500 tobacco shops in the border area had to close. According to the company, cross-border trade accounts for up to 30 percent of the domestic market, which equates to a loss of CZK 1.8 billion per month for the state's budget. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://eurozpravy.cz/ekonomika/ceska-republika/covid-19-dopadl-na-trh-s-cigaretami-vlada-o-mesic-prodlouzila-stahovani-starsich-kolku.a55b5abf/ Covid-19 dopadl na trh s cigaretami. Vláda o měsíc prodloužila stahování starších kolků], ''Eurozpravy'', 9 April 2020, 21 April 2020 </ref>

====Mexico====
British American Tobacco in Mexico announced the suspension of its activities in Mexico due to the spread of the Covid-19. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://expreso.press/2020/04/04/suspenden-fabricacion-y-comercializacion-de-cigarros-por-emergencia-sanitaria-en-mexico/ SUSPENDEN FABRICACIÓN Y COMERCIALIZACIÓN DE CIGARROS POR EMERGENCIA SANITARIA EN MÉXICO], ''Expreso'', 4 April 2020, Accessed 21 April 2020 </ref> 

====New Zealand====
Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment confirmed that Imperial Tobacco in Petone, Lower Hutt could stay operational because the "ongoing supply of consumer goods needs to continue". <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/120654996/coronavirus-cigarettes-are-essential-mbie-confirms Coronavirus: Cigarettes are essential, MBIE confirms], ''Stuff'', 29 March 2020, Accessed 21 April 2020 </ref>

====Kazakhstan====
In Kazakhstan, BAT provided Glo-branded masks to more than a dozen Instagram influencers who posted photos wearing the masks, with captions advertising free Glo masks with the purchase of a Glo device. <ref> Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids, [https://web.archive.org/web/20201201085104/https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/media/2020/2020_05_covid-marketing BIG TOBACCO IS EXPLOITING COVID-19 TO MARKET ITS HARMFUL PRODUCTS], Accessed 1 December 2020</ref>
====Russia====
The production in three of Russia's largest tobacco companies, including Philip Morris Izhora, Petro LLC (owned by Japan Tobacco International) and British American Tobacco was stopped due to COVID-19. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://tvtver.ru/news/v-rossii-iz-za-karantina-zakryty-tri-krupnejshie-fabriki-po-proizvodstvu-tabachnyh-izdelij/ В России из-за карантина закрыты три крупнейшие фабрики по производству табачных изделий], ''TV TVER'', 1 May 2020, Accessed 19 may 2020 </ref>

====Serbia====
British American Tobacco donated one million dinars to the Red Cross in Vranje. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2020&mm=04&dd=22&nav_category=12&nav_id=1677451 BAT donirao milion dinara Crvenom krstu u Vranju], ''B92'', 22 April 2020, Accessed 19 May 2020</ref>

====South Africa====
British American Tobacco South Africa is pursuing legal action against the South Afican government over their ban on cigarette sales during the national lockdown. President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a media briefing that the ban on cigarettes will continue under alert Level 3 while alcohol sales will be allowed. Batsa’s announcement comes after the company withdrew their decision to go ahead with legal proceedings previously. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://citizen.co.za/business/2293273/british-american-tobacco-to-take-legal-action-over-cigarette-ban/ BAT to take legal action over cigarette ban], ''Citizen'', 29 May 2020, Accessed 3 July 2020 </ref> In June 2020, British American Tobacco started accepting "holding orders" from its customers, not actually selling cigarettes. According to a company's spokesperson: "No deliveries will be made until the sale of tobacco products is allowed. The date for delivery will depend on when the ban is lifted." <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.businessinsider.co.za/british-american-tobacco-is-taking-orders-to-ship-as-soon-as-cigarette-sales-are-legal-2020-6 SA’s biggest cigarette maker is now accepting orders – and some stores hope for 1 July delivery], ''Business Insider SA'', 25 June 2020, 20 July 2020 </ref>

BAT South Africa has been accused of producing research reports to divert attention from an ongoing investigation into the company’s alleged participation in organised crime and cigarette smuggling in West Africa. A report by Ipsos and another by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) show evidence of TI’s involvement in the region, in particular BAT SA. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://citizen.co.za/business/business-news/2472557/batsa-fita-trade-blows-over-cigarette-prices/ BATSA, Fita trade blows over cigarette prices], ''Citizen'', 13 April 2021, Accessed 10 May 2021</ref> In February, the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association said that it was not surprised by the revelations into allegations of smuggling against BAT. BAT SA has denied these allegations. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://citizen.co.za/business/business-news/2472133/bat-diverting-attention-away-from-its-corruption-says-fita/ BAT diverting attention away from its corruption, says Fita], ''Citizen'', 13 April 2021, Accessed 10 May 2021</ref>

====Spain====
British American Tobacco launched glo, its heated tobacco product, in Spain where reported deaths from the COVID-19 virus are the 3rd highest in the world. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.diariosigloxxi.com/texto-ep/mostrar/20200415132243/bat-espana-amplia-portafolio-lanzamiento-glo-nuevo-dispositivo-calentar-tabaco BAT España amplía su portafolio con el lanzamiento de 'glo', el nuevo dispositivo para calentar tabaco], ''Diario Sigloxxi'', 15 April 2020, Accessed 19 May 2020</ref>

==Profitability==
===Profits===
{| class="wikitable"
! Fiscal year 
''in billions GBP''
! 2021 <ref name="BAT_2021"> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5960B_2-2022-2-14.pdf PRESS RELEASE / PRELIMINARY RESULTS ], p.,1 12 February 2022, Accessed 15 February 2022 </ref>
! 2020 <ref>17 February 2021 –PRELIMINARY RESULTS
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c., [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOBYAP42/$file/FY_2020_Presentation_Slides.pdf British American Tobacco], 17 February 2021, p.1, Accessed 9 April 2021 </ref>
! 2019 {{r|BAT_YE_2019|p=2}}
! 2018{{r|BAT_YE_2019|p=2}}
! 2017 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=217}}
! 2016 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=217}}
! 2015 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=217}}
|-
| Net Revenue
| 25.7
| 25.8 (25.78)
| 25.8
| 24.5
| 20.3
| 14.8
| 13.1
|-
| Profit from operations
| 10.2
| 10.0 (9.96)
| 9.0
| 9.3
| 6.5
| 4.7
| 4.6
|}

=== Profits from Operations per Region===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''in millions GBP'''
! 2021 {{r|BAT_2021|pp=9,11-13}}
! 2020 <ref>17 February 2021 –PRELIMINARY RESULTS
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c., [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOBYAP42/$file/FY_2020_Presentation_Slides.pdf British American Tobacco], 17 February 2021, p.1, Accessed 9 April 2021 </ref>
! 2019 {{r|BAT_YE_2019|p=5}}
! 2018 {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=14}}

|-
|United States
|5,566
|4,975
|4,410
|4,006
|-
|Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa
|1,496
|1,553
|1,204
|1,544
|-
|Europe and North Africa 
|1,885
|1,962
|1,649 
|1,905
|-
|Asia-Pacific and Middle East
|1,287
|1,472
|1,753
|1,858
|-
|}

====Asia-Pacific====
Geographic region covers: Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam {{r|BAT_AR_2015|p=3}}

{| class="wikitable"
! '''in millions GBP'''
! 2017 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=45}}
! 2016 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=45}}
! 2015 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=45}}
! 2014 {{r|BAT_AR_2014|p=9}}
! 2013 {{r|BAT_AR_2014|p=9}}
|-
| Net Revenues
| 4,509
| 4,266
| 3,773
| 4,253
| 4,203
|-
| Adjusted profit
| 1,638
| 1,432
| 1,361
| 1,548
| 1,693
|}

====Americas====
Geographic region covers: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico {{r|BAT_AR_2015|p=3}} 

{| class="wikitable"
! ''in millions GBP''
! 2017 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=46}}
! 2016 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=46}}
! 2015 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=46}}
! 2014 {{r|BAT_AR_2014|p=9}}
! 2013 {{r|BAT_AR_2014|p=9}}
|-
| Net Revenues
| 3,125
| 2,868
| 2,720
| 3,056
| 3,317
|-
| Adjusted profit
| 1,147
| 1,017
| 1,082
| 1,286
| 1,364
|}

====Western Europe====
Geographic region covers: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom {{r|BAT_AR_2015|p=3}}

{| class="wikitable"
! ''in millions GBP''
! 2017 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=47}}
! 2016 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=47}}
! 2015 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=47}}
! 2014 {{r|BAT_AR_2014|p=9}}
! 2013 {{r|BAT_AR_2014|p=9}}
|-
| Net Revenues
| 4,532
| 3,867
| 3,203
| 3,546
| 3,635
|-
| Adjusted profit
| 1,127
| 1,044
| 990
| 1,189
| 1,273
|}

====EEMEA====
Geographic region covers: Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, GCC, Russia, Iran, South Africa, Iraq, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Ukraine {{r|BAT_AR_2015|p=3}}

{| class="wikitable"
! ''in millions GBP''
! 2017 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=44}}
! 2016 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=44}}
! 2015 {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=44}}
! 2014 {{r|BAT_AR_2014|p=9}}
! 2013 {{r|BAT_AR_2014|p=9}}
|-
| Net Revenues
| 3,915
| 3,750
| 3,408
| 4,337
| 4,105
|-
| Adjusted profit
| 1,246
| 1,182
| 1,127
| 1,380
| 1,490
|}

===Acquisitions===
British American Tobacco unveiled "Btomorrow Ventures", its corporate venture arm in July 2021. Btomorrow Ventures enables British American Tobacco to "invest in its future by gaining early access to cutting-edge technology, unlocking innovation through R&D collaborations and enabling test and learn” in new product categories." <ref>BAT website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOC3RJR9 Btomorrow Ventures website goes live], July 2021, Accessed 11 July 2021</ref> Btomorrow Ventures, is an investor in a USD 3.5 million funding round in energy and wellness drink startup Tru Inc. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/save/https://journalnow.com/business/local/bat-unit-btomorrow-invests-in-energy-drink-tru/article_95577a2e-3461-11ec-ba72-fb82c07d204e.html BAT unit Btomorrow invests in energy drink Tru], ''Journal Now'',  26 October 2021, Accessed 9 November 2021</ref>
In 2020, British American Tobacco took over shops from the medium-sized e-cigarette retailer Hello Vape. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article212320611/E-Zigarette-Uebernahmen-in-der-Corona-Krise.html Selbst das 200-Prozent-Risiko kann die E-Zigarette nicht stoppen], ''Welt'', 28 July 2020, Accessed 24 August 2020</ref>

In 2018, the Group acquired Quantus Beteiligungs-und Beratungsgesellschaft mbH, which houses the vapour retail business of High End Smoke in Germany. {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=254}} On October 21, 2016, then British American Tobacco CEO Nicandro Durante, publicly announced an offer for the 57.8 percent of Reynolds American, Inc. that British American Tobacco did not already own. According to media reports, Reynolds American, Inc. rejected British American Tobacco’s initial buyout offer of USD 47 billion as being too low. In January 2017, Reynolds American, Inc. accepted  increased offer of USD 49 billion with the deal finalised in June of 2017.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/business/dealbook/british-american-tobacco-reynolds-cigarettes-merger.html British American Tobacco to Take Over Reynolds American in $49 Billion Deal], ''New York Times'', January 2017, Accessed 19 September 2018 </ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Recent acquisitions <ref name="CHRUCHBASE_PMI">Crunchbase, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/british-american-tobacco#section-acquisitions British American Tobacco], Accessed 18 July 2021</ref>
! Acquired Organization Name
! Acquiring Organization Name
! Announced Date
! Value
|-
| Ente Tabacchi Italiani S.p.A acquired by British American Tobacco
| Ente Tabacchi Italiani S.p.A
| British American Tobacco
| 1/1/2003
| -
|-
|British American Tobacco Denmark A/S acquired by British American Tobacco
|British American Tobacco Denmark A/S
|British American Tobacco
|7/2/2008
| -
|-
|Tekel AS acquired by British American Tobacco
|Tekel AS
|British American Tobacco
|6/24/2008
| -
|-
|Bentoel Group acquired by British American Tobacco
|Bentoel Group
|British American Tobacco
|6/17/2009
|USD 494M
|-
|Productora Tabacalera de Colombia acquired by British American Tobacco
|Productora Tabacalera de Colombia
|British American Tobacco
|5/26/2011
|USD 452M
|-
|TDR acquired by British American Tobacco
|TDR
|British American Tobacco
|6/1/2015
|EUR 550M
|-
|Ten Motives acquired by British American Tobacco
|Ten Motives
|British American Tobacco
|4/29/2016
| -
|-
|Winnington acquired by British American Tobacco
|Winnington
|British American Tobacco
|13/1/2017
| -
|-
|Reynolds American acquired by British American Tobacco
|Reynolds American
|British American Tobacco
|1/17/2017
|USD 54.5B
|-
|CN Creative acquired by British American Tobacco
|CN Creative
|British American Tobacco
|12/19/2019
|GBP 50M
|-
|Dryft Sciences - nicotine pouch business acquired by British American Tobacco
|Dryft Sciences - nicotine pouch business
|British American Tobacco
|11/3/2020
| -
|}

===Investments===

In 2021, British American Tobacco's invested in Trait Biosciences Inc. Trait's strongest patents are for a technology that makes CBD water-soluble. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.postguam.com/business/big-tobacco-flirts-with-nonsmokeable-cannabis/article_f8e2cb4c-e3b3-11eb-a57e-2b2ebf597616.html Big Tobacco flirts with nonsmokeable cannabis], ''Post Guam'', 14 July 2021, Accessed 2 August 2021</ref>

In August 2019, British American Tobacco established “consumer healthcare” and “consumer focused” companies under the names of Nicoventures and Nicovations. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/13/the-problem-with-selling-a-lethal-product-you-just-cant-get-the-staff The problem with selling a lethal product you just can’t get the staff], ''The Guardian'', 28 July 2019, Accessed 9 August 2019</ref>

Reinet Investments, which owns about 3 percent of British American Tobacco, says an increase in the value of its stake in UK insurer Pension Corporation has partially made up for the company's share decline. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/2019-05-21-reinets-uk-pension-bet-partially-offsets-tobacco-woes/ Reinet’s UK pension bet partially offsets tobacco woes], ''Business Live'', 21 May 2019, Accessed 13 June 2019 </ref> 

At 31 December 2015, the following substantial interests (3 percent or more) in the Company’s ordinary share capital (voting securities) had been notified to the Company in accordance with Section 5.1.2 of the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules. As at 24 February 2016, the Company had not received notification either of any change in the interests below or that any other person holds 3 percent or more of its ordinary shares. {{r|BAT_AR_2015|p=114}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Number of ordinary shares
! Percentage of issued share capital
|-
| BlackRock, Inc
| 132,891,526
| 7.13
|-
| Reinet Investments S.C.A.
| 76,518,264
| 4.10
|-
| The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
| 75,240,878 
| 4.04
|-
|}

In 2015, the organization completed it's acquisition of TDR in Croatia, the leading independent cigarette manufacturer in Central Europe. British American Tobacco also acquired the rest of the shares in its Brazilian subsidiary, Souza Cruz, not currently owned by the Group and de-listed the company the same year. {{r|BAT_AR_2015|p=14}}

In 2015, British American Tobacco signed a vapour products technology-sharing agreement with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The agreement provides a framework for collaboration and mutual cross-licensing of the parties’ vapour product technologies up to 31 December 2022. British American Tobacco completed the acquisition of the CHIC Group, the market-leading Vapour Product (e-cigarette) business in Poland. {{r|BAT_AR_2015|p=5}} 
 
In August 2018, The Guardian reported more than GBP 1.7 billion had been directly invested in tobacco company stocks by healthcare providers, fire authorities and schools via UK council pension funds. It found Council retirement schemes in the UK are major investors in firms including British American Tobacco, [[Imperial Brands]] and [[Philip Morris International | Philip Morris International]], according to data compiled from more than 100 freedom of information requests. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/13/council-pension-funds-major-investors-tobacco-companies Council pension funds are major investors in tobacco companies], ''The Guardian'', August 2018, Accessed 16 September 2018 </REF>

Tobacco companies have received more than GBP 45 million investment from the United Kingdom's Lincolnshire County Council’s pension fund. The current investment (as of January 2019) for British American Tobacco sits at GBP 24.1 million – one per cent of the total fund. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/county-council-invests-45-million-of-its-pension-fund-in-tobacco-companies-9058351/ Lincolnshire County Council invests £45 million from pension fund in tobacco companies], ''Grantham Reporter'', 5 January 2019, Accessed 7 January 2019 </ref>

The Auckland Council has been told it might have more than $700,000 indirectly invested in British American Tobacco. The council has been told by the Janus Global Research growth fund that it might have more than $700,000 invested in the company. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/310520/akl-council-might-have-$700k-tobacco-investmentAkl Council might have $700k tobacco investment], ''Radio NZ'', 9 August 2016, Accessed 23 December 2018 </ref>

====Government Ownership of British American Tobacco====
In Bangladesh, the government owned Investment Corporation of Bangladesh; Shadharan Bima Corporation; Bangladesh Development Bank Limited; Government of People's Republic of Bangladesh are owned by British American Tobacco (72.91 percent). <ref>Foundation for a Smoke-Free World website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.smokefreeworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Contradictions-and-Conflicts-FINAL-V2.pdf CONTRADICTIONS AND CONFLICTS], p.9, September 2020, Accessed 5 October 2020 </ref>

===Market Share===
The Group’s cigarette market share in its Key Markets continued to grow strongly (up 40 bps) in 2017. This was due to the comapny's GDBs, which grew 110 bps (ex US) and currently accounts for more than 50 percent of Group cigarette and THP volume outside the US. Over the year, market share in the US was up 20 bps, with the RAI Strategic Brands growing 40 bps. Total Group cigarette and THP volume grew 3.2 percent to 686 billion, or on an organic basis fell 2.6 percent, outperforming the industry, which was estimated to have declined by around 3.5 percent. Flagship THP, glo, first launched in Japan in December 2016, reached 3.6 percent market share by the end of 2017 – having been rolled out nationally from October 2017. Since then, 50 percent of the overall category growth in Japan has been from glo – with initial progress in other launch markets such as South Korea, Russia, Canada, Romania and Switzerland. {{r|BAT_AR_2017|p=13}}

===Emerging Markets===
British American Tobacco has a significant presence in emerging markets across South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. According to the company's website emerging markets will account for 60 percent of volume in the enlarged group. Over the last 5 years, revenue per pack in emerging markets has grown at more than twice the rate compared to developed markets. With generally low cigarette pack prices and expectations of continued growth in consumer disposable income over the long term, the future profit growth opportunity remains strong. <ref>British American Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.bat.com/group/sites/uk__9d9kcy.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOAHNL68 News Release BAT announces agreement to acquire Reynolds], January 2017, Accessed 12 September 2018 </REF>

===Factory Openings and Closures===
As of October 2021, Trieste is home to a new, multi-year partnership between Interporto di Trieste (Trieste Freight Terminal), the Port System Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea and British American Tobacco. The company announced the opening of its new "A Better Tomorrow Innovation Hub" in Trieste, an innovation and sustainability centre, with a total investment of up to EUR 500 million. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.transportjournal.com/en/home/news/artikeldetail/white-smoke-in-the-port-of-trieste.html White smoke in the Port of Trieste], Trasport Journal, 5 November 2021, Accessed 9 November 2021</ref>

A cigarette factory with the capacity to produce three billion Dunhill cigarettes per year is expected to open up in Mali this year, a partnership between British American Tobacco and the Malian government. <ref> Corp Watch, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.corpwatch.org/article/bat-knowingly-oversupplying-mali-cigarettes-fueling-bloody-conflict BAT Knowingly Oversupplying Mali with Cigarettes, Fueling Bloody Conflict], 13 May 2021, Accessed 11 July 2021</ref>

British American Tobacco closed offices in Georgia. Two years ago British American Tobacco won a USD 00 Million Dispute with the Georgian government. The company asserts that paragraph 2 of article 5 of Georgian Law on Tobacco Control is unconstitutional as it bans sales of tobacco products under cost in Georgia. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201218233209/https://www.finchannel.com/world/georgia/79701-british-american-tobacco-shuts-its-offices-in-georgia British American Tobacco shuts its offices in Georgia], ''Finn Channel'', 12 January 2021, Accessed 13 January 2021 </ref> 

It was reported British American Tobacco will invest HRK200 million (USD 32.07 million) to produce heated cigarettes at its factory in Kanfanar, Croatia.<ref>Tobacco Reporter, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://tobaccoreporter.com/2021/05/13/bat-to-produce-heated-tobacco-products-in-croatia/ BAT to Produce HNB Products in Croatia], 13 May 2021, Accessed 10 July 2021 </ref>

Last year British American Tobacco Hellas said it would create 200 new job positions in Greece. The company didn't stipulate what type of jobs will be available. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20210113063409/https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece_economy/arthro/eu_strikes_deal_on_landmark_budget_covid_19_recovery_fund-1378873/ EU Strikes Deal on Landmark Budget, COVID-19 Recovery Fund], ''The National Herald'', 12 October 2020, Accessed 13 January 2021 </ref>

British American Tobacco is looking to  expand production of nicotine pouches at its factory in Pecs, Hungary. The move would make the Pecs tobacco factory the biggest producer of pouches in the BAT group. <ref>Tobacco Reporter, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://tobaccoreporter.com/2020/10/13/bat-may-step-up-pouch-production-in-hungary/ BAT may step up pouch production in Hungary], 3 September 2020, Accessed 18 November 2020 </ref> 

In 2020, British American Tobacco opened a new leaf processing facility in Fiji. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.fijivillage.com/news/BATs-new-leaf-processing-facility-opens-in-Nadi-f48x5r/ BAT’s new leaf processing facility opens in Nadi], ''Fiji Village'', 5 June 2020, Accessed 19 June 2020 </ref> 

British American Tobacco announced in late 2019 that it planned to lay off 30 percent of its staff in Nicaragua. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.debate.com.mx/mundo/BATCA-despedira-empleados-por-caida-de-ventas-de-cigarrillos-en-Nicaragua-20191105-0257.html BATCA despedirá empleados por caída de ventas de cigarrillos en Nicaragua], ''Debate'', 5 November 2019, Accessed 15 December 2019</ref> 

In November 2019, Zambian finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu officially opened the USD 2 million British American Tobacco Zambia Cigarette Manufacturing Plant in the Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.lusakatimes.com/2019/11/30/finance-minister-opens-a-cigarette-manufacturing-plant-in-lusaka/ Finance Minister Opens a Cigarette Manufacturing Plant in Lusaka], ''Lusaka Times'', 30 November 2019,  Accessed 15 December 2019</ref> 

British American Tobacco announced plans to set up a plant to manufacture oral nicotine pouches with zero tobacco in Kenya. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001375028/taxation-should-not-just-limit-use-of-tobacco-but-spur-innovations Tax should not just limit tobbaco consumption but spur innovations], ''The Star'', 14 June 2020, Accessed 3 July 2020</ref>

In October 2019 British American Tobacco’s factory in Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast stood idle after the company halted production "indefinitely". The company alleged that new tax legislation would make continued operations in Ukraine impossible. But anti-smoking activists believed that BAT is simply trying to pressure the Ukrainian president to veto an amendment to the pricing regulation law. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.kyivpost.com/business/cigarette-manufacturer-stops-production-in-ukraine-over-new-tax-law.html Cigarette manufacturer stops production in Ukraine over new tax law], ''Kyiv Post'', 21 October 2019, Accessed 26 November 2019 </ref> Shortly after the announcement, British American Tobacco met with then Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk and announced it would resume production after the cancellation of the amendment to law 1049 on pricing regulation. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.kyivpost.com/business/british-american-tobacco-ukraine-hopes-for-resuming-production-in-pryluky.html British American Tobacco Ukraine hopes for resuming production in Pryluky], ''Kyiv Post'', 24 October 2019, Accessed 18 July 2021 </ref>

In 2018, British American Tobacco had 55 factories, 47 of which produced cigarettes, {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=19}} including two new factories, one in Zambia(Lusaka) and one in Malaysia. {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=23}} In 2018, British American Tobacco invested EUR 45 million in a plant in Croatia. According to the company's director for the Adria region, Antal Bekefi, the company has been investing significant funds into research and development since 2012, investing more than USD 2.5 million for new generation products. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.total-croatia-news.com/business/30874-bat-invests-45-million-euro-in-plant-in-croatia BAT invests 45 Million Euro in Plant in Croatia], ''Total Croatia News'', 6 September 2018, Accessed 30 September 2018 </ref> British American Tobacco is considering opening another factory in Malaysia. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2019/04/19/bat-to-consider-opening-another-malaysian-factory-in-longer-term/ BAT to consider opening another Malaysian factory in longer term], ''The Star'', 19 April 2019, Accessed 13 June 2019 </ref>

British America Tobacco Zambia Plc constructed a cigarette manufacturing plant in 2018 at a cost of USD 25 million aimed at localizing its brand portfolio in Zambia. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.lusakatimes.com/2018/10/13/british-america-tobacco-constructs-a-25million-cigarette-plant/ British America Tobacco constructs a $ 25million cigarette plant], ''Lusaka Times'', 13 October 2018, Accessed 24 November 2018 </ref>

In June 2018, British American Tobacco announced it would invest €800 million over the next five years in its factory in Ploiești, Romania. The investment, representing the generation of 200 new jobs in Romania, aimed to support the expansion of its glo product in countries across Europe during the second half of 2018. <REF>British American Tobacco website, [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOAZJL24 News Release BAT to invest €800 million in its Romanian factory by 2022 to support the European expansion of glo], June 2018, Accessed 23 September 2018 </REF> The unit in Ploiesti is the third in the world (after South Korea and Russia) to produce Neosticks for glo and the first in Europe. <REF>[https://web.archive.org/save/http://business-review.eu/investments/bats-factory-in-ploiesti-will-be-the-third-in-the-world-and-the-first-in-europe-to-produce-neosticks-for-glo-172799 BAT’s factory in Ploiesti, the third in the world and the first in Europe to produce Neosticks], ''Business Review'', 11 June 2018, Accessed 12 September 2018 </REF> The company completed the construction June 2020. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.romania-insider.com/bat-expands-factory-romania BAT expands factory in central Romania under EUR 175 mln project], ''Romania Insider'', 5 June 2020, Accessed 3 July 2020 </ref>

==Products==
British American Tobacco offers four core product ranges <ref name="BAT_websiteP"> British American Tobacco website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOAWUGEB Overview of our portfolio], Accessed 30 May 2019 </ref>  
*Tobacco heating products
*Vapour products
*Modern oral products, including tobacco-free nicotine pouches
*Traditional oral products, including moist snuff and snus

===Key Portfolio===
The following brands are part of a portfolio of British American Tobacco priority brands.

'''Combustible tobacco products{{r|BAT_websiteP}}:''' Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Newport, Camel, Natural American Spirit

'''Potentially reduced-risk products{{r|BAT_websiteP}}:''' vype, glo, epo, mocca, vuse, neo, lyfy, kodiak, chic group, Granit, Ten Motives, Grizzly, VIP, Camel Snus

British American Tobacco also owns a number of international and local cigarette brands, including Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A and State Express 555.{{r|BAT_websiteP}}

{| class="wikitable"
! ''in millions GBP''
!2021 {{r|BAT_2021|p=3}}
! 2020 <ref>17 February 2021 –PRELIMINARY RESULTS BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c. YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOBYAP42/$file/FY_2020_Announcement.pdf British American Tobacco], 17 February 2020, p.50, Accessed 9 April 2020 </ref>
! 2019 {{r|BAT_YE_2019|p=4}}
! 2018{{r|BAT_AR2019|p=34}}
|-
|Combustible portfolio
|NA
|NA
|23,001
|15,457 
|-
|Potentially reduced-risk products: Vapour
|973
|611 
|401
|318 
|-
|Potentially reduced-risk products: THP
|927
|634
|728
|565 
|-
|NPG
|NA
|NA
|NA
|883 
|-
|NPG: Modern Oral
|274
|198
|126 
|34 
|-
|NPG: Traditional Oral
|1,118 
|1,160 
|1,081 
|883 
|-
|Oral
|NA
|NA
|NA
|917 
|-
|Total PRRPs
|NA
|NA
|1,255
|1,800 
|-
|Strategic Portfolio
|NA
|16,992
|16,515 
|17,257 
|-
|Other
|483
|421
|540 
|7,235 
|-
|Revenue
|25,684
|25,776
|25,877
|24,492 
|-
|}

===Combustible Tobacco Products===
British American Tobacco's share of the cigarette market has been largely driven by five global brands – Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall and Rothmans.{{r|BAT_websiteP}} At the end of 2018, British American Tobacco had 47 manufacturing facilities producing cigarettes around the world. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO52AEAY Manufacturing], British American Tobacco website, Accessed 3 May 2019 </ref>

===Strategic Portfolio===
British American Tobacco's key brands in both the combustible and non-combustible categories are marketed under the banner of "Strategic Portfolio". It consists of:
*Non-Combustibles: All brands within New Categories and the strategic traditional oral brands in moist and snus.
*Combustibles: Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Newport (U.S.), Natural American Spirit (U.S.), Camel (U.S.). <ref>British American Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOAWWGJT/$file/BAT_Combined_Performance_and_ESG_Summary_2021.pdf], March 2022, p.14, Accessed 21 March 2022</ref>

===Vapour Products===
In December 2020, British American Tobacco launched VapeExplained.com, a website providing smokers and vapers with selected answers to the questions allegedly most commonly searched for online on this topic. <ref> Business Wire, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210112094017/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201203005527/en/BAT-launches-VapeExplained.com BAT launches VapeExplained.com], 3 December 2020, Accessed 12 January 2021 </ref>

British American Tobacco said it would "welcome" the U.S. health regulator’s move to ban popular e-cigarette flavors in the country, saying it would comply with the new guidelines aimed at curbing teenage vaping. Under a new policy that will go into effect in February, e-cigarette makers will be banned from selling pod-based e-cigarette flavors, including fruit and mint, in the United States, leaving only menthol and tobacco flavors on the market.' <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-vaping-bat/british-american-tobacco-welcomes-fda-flavor-ban-minimal-impact-seen-idUSL4N2981AY British American Tobacco welcomes FDA flavor ban; minimal impact seen], ''Reuters'', 3 January 2020, Accessed 19 February 2020</ref>

British American Tobacco is looking at introducing CBD (cannabidiol) and cannabis flavourings in their products. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.itv.com/news/2020-02-10/british-american-tobacco-looking-into-cannabis-vape-flavours/ British American Tobacco looking into cannabis vape flavours], ''ITV'', 10 February 2020, Accessed 19 February 2020</ref>

According to the 2018 Harm Reduction report, British American Tobacco sells its vapour products in 13 countries: Bahrain, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ireland, Kuwait, New Zealand, Poland, United Kingdon, and the United States. <ref name="BAT_HARMREDUCTION"> British American Tobacco website [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO964UGU/$file/Harm_Reduction_Focus_Report_2018.pdf Innovative Choices], December 2018, p. 4, Accessed 20 July 2019 </ref>

===E-cigarettes===
British American Tobacco launched Vuse ePod 2 device in Spain in June 2021.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.libremercado.com/2021-06-08/bat-refuerza-apuesta-vapeo-lanzamiento-espana-vuse-epod-2-6787781/ BAT refuerza su apuesta por el vapeo con el lanzamiento en España del Vuse ePod 2], ''Libre Mercado'', 8 June 2021, Accessed 11 July 2021 </ref> As of September 2021, Vuse is the number one global vaping brand by value share. Vuse is the category value share leader in four of the top five vapour markets (Canada, France, Germany and the UK), and BAT’s strong US momentum in vapour means Vuse is now leader by value share in 22 states, up from 20 in July. <ref>BAT website, [http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOC6NC5F# News Release BAT’s Vuse becomes the number one global vaping brand], 8 September 2021, Accessed 1 October 2021 </ref>

In March 2021, British American Tobacco South Africa opened the first Vuse Inspiration Store in South Africa. <ref>[bizcommunity.com/Article/196/182/214351.html Batsa begins rollout of Vuse Inspiration Stores in SA], ''Biz News'', 29 March 2021, Accessed 21 April 2021</ref>

In July 2019, British American Tobacco received approval from the South African Competition Commission for the acquisition of Twisp, a leading South African vaping products company. <ref>BAT website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOBF2J6G News Release Green light for Twisp acquisition to further drive BAT’s strategic New Category growth], 14 August 2019, Accessed 10 May 2021 </ref>

Reynolds American Inc., the U.S. business unit of British American Tobacco PLC, submitted an application for some of its Vuse e-cigarettes to the Food and Drug Administration in 2019. The submission covered a group of products in its Vuse Solo line of e-cigarettes, including several different flavors. The Solo refill pods come in flavors such as melon, chai, mint and berry.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.wsj.com/articles/reynolds-files-for-fda-review-of-vuse-e-cigarettes-11570808409 Reynolds Files for FDA Review of Vuse E-Cigarettes], ''The Wall Street Journal'', 11 October 2019, Accessed 26 November 2019 </ref> Later that year Reynolds announced that the U.S. Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) for VUSE vapour products had been filed by the Food and Drug Administration for substantive scientific review, moving the application one step further through the review process. <ref>British American Tobacco website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOBJBKWD VUSE Premarket Tobacco Product Application filed for substantive review by the FDA ], 27 November 2019, Accessed 15 December 2019</ref> 

British American Tobacco confirmed that it will introduce Vuse in Malaysia once the regulatory framework for the product category is finalised. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210112091638/https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/bat-confirms-it-will-enter-malaysian-vape-market-once-regulatory-framework-firms-%E2%80%94-cgscimb BAT confirms it will enter Malaysian vape market once regulatory framework firms up — CGS-CIMB], The Edge Markets, 9 November 2020, Accessed 12 January 2021</ref>

===Oral Products===

In November 2020, US business of the BAT Group acquired the nicotine pouch Dryft. This acquisition expanded the company's Modern Oral portfolio in the US, expanding from 4 to 28 product variants. <ref> BAT website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOBUYR3N News Release BAT strengthens its US New Category portfolio: Announces acquisition of Dryft Modern Oral business], 3 November 2020, Accessed 19 November 2020 </ref>

Oral products are available in five countries: Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. {{r|BAT_HARMREDUCTION|p=9}}

Russian airline passengers will be able to receive a LYFT nicotine delivery product from British American Tobacco on a dozen flights. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.tks.ru/politics/2019/09/17/0010 В российских самолетах впервые раздадут изделия с никотином], ''TSK'', 17 September 2019, Accessed 10 October 2019 </ref> Czech transport Company Leo Express allows for the sale of LYFT nicotine bags on board of its fleet.  <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.muzivcesku.cz/nikotinove-sacky-lyft-jsou-nove-v-prodeji-i-na-palubach-dopravce-leo-express/ Nikotinové sáčky LYFT jsou nově v prodeji i na palubách dopravce Leo Express], ''Muzi v Cesku'', 4 December 2019, Accessed 15 December 2019</ref> LYFT was promoted to smokers in Czech republic during the COVID-19 quarantine as an "alternative" to smoking. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.expres.cz/zpravy/kuraci-v-dobe-karanteny-sahnout-by-meli-radeji-po-nikotinovych-alternativach.A200320_152006_dx-zpravy_bpet Kuřáci v době karantény: Sáhnout by měli raději po nikotinových alternativách], ''Express'', 20 March 2020, Accessed 21 April 2020 </ref>

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced that, for the first time, it has authorized the marketing of products through the modified risk tobacco product pathway. The authorizations are for eight Swedish Match USA, Inc. snus smokeless tobacco products sold under the “General” brand name. The action further authorized the manufacturer to market these specific products with the claim “Using General Snus instead of cigarettes puts you at a lower risk of mouth cancer, heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis.”<ref>FDA website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-grants-first-ever-modified-risk-orders-eight-smokeless-tobacco-products FDA grants first-ever modified risk orders to eight smokeless tobacco products], 22 October 2019,  Accessed 26 November 2019 </ref>

===Heated Cigarettes and E-cigarettes===

BAT reported the total number of so-called “non-combustible” users globally grew from 13.5 million to 18.3 million, the company’s strongest performance to date. So-called “non-combustible products” account for 12.4% of the company’s revenue.<ref> British American Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOCBHNUZ Watch: 2021 results highlights animation
], 11 February 2022, Accessed 6 March 2022 </ref>

Vuse  won at the Product of the Year awards in the 'Vape & Heated Tobacco Products' category for its the Vuse ePod2.  BAT’s Velo landed top prize in the 'Nicotine Pouches' section. Velo and Vuse were voted winners in a survey of almost 10,000 consumers and a panel of experts.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/BRITISH-AMERICAN-TOBACCO-4001163/news/British-American-Tobacco-Double-win-at-Product-of-the-Year-awards-39543968/ British American Tobacco : Double win at Product of the Year awards], ''Market Screener'', 2 February 2022, Accessed 6 March 2022 </ref>

BAT Rothmans launched the new tobacco heating product Glo Pro Slim in South Korea. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/save/http://m.koreaherald.com/amp/view.php?ud=20210927000842 BAT unveils glo pro slim in Korea], ''Korea Herald'', 27 September 2021, Accessed 1 October 2021 </ref>

Specifically, this new device comes a year and a half after the company landed in this category in Spain with the ePen 3, within its strategy for 'Building a Better Tomorrow' ('A Better Tomorrow'), which aims to reduce the impact of your business on the health of smokers."

British American Tobacco has pilot-launched its first CBD vaping product, VUSE CBD Zone. <ref>BAT website, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210312015447/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOBX3MNL BAT launches first CBD vaping product], 3 February 2021, Accessed 12 March 2021</ref>

In 2021, British American Tobacco has become the first company to officially launch tobacco heating technology on the Uzbek market. <ref>
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210312015241/https://nuz.uz/obschestvo/1189388-bat-uzbekistan-zapuskaet-innovaczionnuyu-tehnologiyu-nagrevaniya-tabaka.html «БАТ» Узбекистан запускает инновационную технологию нагревания табака], ''Nuz'', 26 February 2021, Accessed 12 March 2021</ref>

In 2019, British American Tobacco created three global brands for its “New Category product” portfolio: VUSE for vapour products; VELO for modern oral products and glo for tobacco heating products to further accelerate the growth of their New Category business.  <ref>British American Tobacco website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOBJBMSE British American Tobacco to focus on three global new category brands to further accelerate their growth ], 28 November 2019, Accessed 15 December 2019</ref> According to Štěpán Michlíček, Marketing Director of British American Tobacco for Central and Eastern Europe, 60,000 people already use heated glo products in the Czech Republic.  <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.investicniweb.cz/news-bat-zahrivane-produkty-glo-v-crvyuziva-uz-60-tisic-lidi/ BAT: Zahřívané produkty glo v ČR využívá už 60 tisíc lidí], ''Investicni web'', 10 December 2019, Accessed 15 December 2019</ref>

Heated Tobacco Products by British American Tobacco are available in 16 countries: Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Greece, Russia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, South Korea, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States. {{r|BAT_HARMREDUCTION|p=6}} The company is awaiting approval  to sell its heat-not-burn products in Malaysia. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.thesundaily.my/business/bat-awaiting-approval-for-alternative-products-launch-FH801689 BAT awaiting approval for ‘alternative’ products launch], ''The Sun Daily'', 19 April 2019, Accessed 13 June 2019 </ref>

The 2018 heated tobacco product revenue increased to GBP 565 million or GBP576 million, at constant rates. The glo brand has achieved 4.7 percent market share in Japan, and continues to grow market share in South Korea, Romania and Italy. {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=12}} British American Tobacco Korea unveiled glo pro in November 2019. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2019/11/694_279343.html BAT Korea unveils upgraded 'glo pro'], ''Korea Times'', 26 November 2019, Accessed 15 December 2019</ref> 

British American Tobacco launched glo in 2015. Japan is also the market where heat-not-burn has had the biggest success, and the amount of cigarettes sold there has dropped by about 20 percent over two years. South Korea is currently the market with the next-biggest potential. <ref> British American Tobacco website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOAWUGND Potentially reduced-risk products], Accessed 13 June 2019 </ref>

Rolling Stone magazine organised a 20-minute rooftop concert series that critics suggested made e-cigarettes look cool to kids. The series was geared toward an audience that could include people under the legal smoking age of 21. The bands included Cold War Kids, singer Elle King and rapper Oddisee. Saturday Night Live cast member Chloe Fineman hosted the event. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201221231942/https://nypost.com/2020/12/06/e-cig-maker-accused-of-marketing-to-under-21-crowd-with-concerts/ E-cigarette maker critics fume over concert series aimed at young people], ''NY Post'', 6 December 2020, Accessed 13 January 2021 </ref> 

In April 2018, Rolling Stone Magazine profiled several British American Tobacco sponsored events around Italy that have been used to promote glo by continuing to build an association with fashion, music, technology, and partying. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.rollingstone.it/pop-life/news-rrstyle/glo-live-lopening-party-della-mostra-torinese/407962/ Glo live, l’opening party della mostra torinese], ''The Rolling Stone'', April 2018, Accessed 8 November 2018 </REF> In September 2018, British American Tobacco launched glo in Ukraine. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.vapingpost.com/2018/09/25/bat-launches-glo-in-ukraine/ BAT Launches Glo in Ukraine], ''Vaping Post'', September 2018, Accessed 8 November 2018 </REF> British American Tobacco launched new liquid-type e-cigarette Glo Sens in South Korea. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20190813000662 BAT launches liquid-type e-cigarette Glo Sens in Korea], ''The Investor'', 13 August 2019, Accessed 12 September 2019 </ref> The company says it will launch two new tobacco heating products in Japan under its glo brand. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://in.reuters.com/article/britishamericantobacco-products/bat-launches-more-vaping-products-in-japan-to-take-on-philip-morris-idINL3N25V32S BAT launches more vaping products in Japan to take on Philip Morris], ''Reuters'', 4 September 2019, Accessed 12 September 2019 </ref> The new products, glo pro and glo nano, feature new heating technologies, slimmer sizes and will be available in Japan from October 2019. <ref> [https://japantoday.com/category/business/bat-launches-more-vaping-products-in-japan-to-take-on-philip-morris BAT launches more vaping products in Japan to take on Philip Morris], ''Japan Today'', 6 September 2019, Accessed 12 August 2019 </ref> As of November 2019, 60,000 people use heated glo products in the Czech Republic. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.investicniweb.cz/news-bat-zahrivane-produkty-glo-v-crvyuziva-uz-60-tisic-lidi/ BAT: Zahřívané produkty glo v ČR využívá už 60 tisíc lidí], ''Investicni web'', 10 December 2019, Accessed 15 December 2019</ref>

In a press release from December 2018, British American Tobacco announced it is introducing a new vaping device in the United Kingdom market, called "iSwitch". In December 2018, Vype ePen 3 launched in New Zealand. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.voxy.co.nz/lifestyle/5/328235 Vype ePen 3 launches in New Zealand - BAT NZ], ''Voxy'', 11 December 2018, Accessed 18 December 2018 </ref> In 2020, British American Tobacco is getting ready to introduce the product in the Czech Republic. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.irozhlas.cz/ekonomika/cigarety-philip-morris-zahrivany-tabak-tabakove-vyrobky_2001151919_tzr Tabákový byznys: Češi kupují víc výrobků na zahřívaný tabák, spotřeba klasických cigaret klesá], ''irozhlas'', 15 January 2020, Accessed 19 February 2020 </ref>  In 2019, British American Tobacco New Zealand launched Vype in New Zealand. <ref> Tobacco Control, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2019/07/16/tobaccocontrol-2019-054967.info BAT(NZ) draws on cigarette marketing tactics to launch Vype in New Zealand], 17 July 2019, Accessed 12 August 2019 </ref> British American Tobacco is set to introduce nicotine snus pouches in Kenya. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2019/07/bat-to-launch-smoke-free-cigarrettes-in-kenya/BAT to launch smoke-free cigarettes in Kenya], ''Capital FM'', 19 July 2019, Accessed 9 August 2019 </ref> The Vype ePod won best e-cigarette at the 2020 Product of the Year Awards in the United Kingdom, for the second consecutive year. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.retailtimes.co.uk/vype-epod-wins-product-of-the-year-2020/ Vype ePod wins Product of the Year 2020], ''Retail Times'', 24 January 2020, Accessed 19 February 2020</ref>

To date, British American Tobacco published 25 peer-reviewed articles on heated tobacco products. In 2018, the company presented at 24 scientific conferences and external meetings. {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=28}} The company carried out a series of tests tests to prove that its vaping products produce ‘greatly reduced mutagenicity, cytotoxicity and effects on wound healing as compared to cigarette smoke.’ <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/raba-bnv031119.phpBAT's novel vaping product shows minimal toxicity in laboratory tests], ''Eureka'', 12 March 2019, Accessed 14 April 2019 </ref>

===Nicoventures===
In April 2011, British American Tobacco established a start-up company, Nicoventures Limited. The company's focus is on the "development and commercialisation of innovative regulatory approved nicotine products." <REF>British American Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO8FLL93 British American Tobacco establishes stand-alone company, Nicoventures Limited], 5 April 2011, Accessed 18 May 2021 </ref> Kingsley Wheaton, the former Group Corporate & Regulatory Affairs Director, was appointed Managing Director - Next Generation Products in January 2015. REF>British American Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO9QZP4HManagement Board changes at British American Tobacco], 20 November 2011, Accessed 18 May 2021 </ref>

===Volumes===

In 2019, British American Tobacco reported that its total cigarette and THP volume declined 4.4 percent to 677 billion sticks, with cigarette volumes down 4.7 percent and THP volumes up 31.6 percent. In 2018, the volume was 3.5 percent lower as growth in Pakistan, Japan (driven by THP), Turkey, Poland, Romania and Egypt was more than offset by declines in the GCC, US, Russia and Brazil.{{r|BAT_AR2019|p=20}} In 2018, volume was up 0.7 percent in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region at 228 billion sticks driven combustibles volume in Pakistan and the performance of glo in Japan and South Korea with sales of 6.5 billion sticks in the period. {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=347}}

[[Philip Morris International]] and British American Tobacco have been caught drastically underreporting their production and even using their facilities to roll out black-market cigarettes. In a 2017 raid, Pakistani authorities found 1.3 million black-market cigarettes with the branding of a Philip Morris subsidiary in a van leaving one of the company’s former factories—which the tobacco giant was apparently using as an undeclared warehouse. That same year, Philip Morris International had reported a decrease in production, claiming competition from illicit manufacturers. This under-reporting has added up to a tax shortfall of as much as 47 billion rupees between 2015 and 2018. <ref> Qrius, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://qrius.com/pakistans-tobacco-epidemic-leaves-it-in-no-state-to-fight-the-coronavirus%EF%BB%BF/Pakistan’s tobacco epidemic leaves it in no state to fight the coronavirus], 31 March 2020, Accessed 21 April 2020 </ref>

====Volume of Cigarettes by Region====
Effective January 2018, British American Tobacco uses a new organizational structure consisting of four regions: Americas and Sub Saharan Africa (including East & Central Africa; West Africa and South Africa), Europe and North Africa (including Russia, Ukraine, Caucasus, Central Asia, Belarus, and Turkey), Asia-Pacific and Middle East and the United States of America.<ref>British American Tobacco website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/globalcompany Global Company], Accessed 3 May 2019 </ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Year (in Billions)
! 2021 {{r|BAT_2021|p=9,11-13}}
! 2020 <ref> 17 February 2021 –PRELIMINARY RESULTS BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c. YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOBYAP42/$file/FY_2020_Announcement.pdf British American Tobacco], 17 February 2021, p.8, Accessed 9 April 2021 </ref>
! 2019 {{r|BAT_YE_2019|p=4}}
! 2018 {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=35}}
|-
| United States
|70
|<small>NA</small>
|73
|77
|-
| Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa
|148
|<small>NA</small>
|152
|157
|-
| Europe and North Africa
|229
|<small>NA</small>
|231
| 246
|-
| Asia Pacific and Middle East
|208
|<small>NA</small>
|221
| 228
|-
| '''Total'''
|'''637'''
|'''649 <small>(includes tobacco heating products)</small>''' 
| '''677 <small>(includes tobacco heating products)</small>'''  
| '''686 <small>(includes tobacco heating products)</small>'''  
|}

==Marketing and External Relations==
British American Tobacco and its affiliated organisations use the following marketing campaigns and partnerships to promote its heated cigarettes (novel and emerging nicotine and tobacco products):
*Better Tomorrow (Formula 1)
*Transforming Tobacco
*A Better Tomorrow <ref>GGTC website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://ggtc-bucket.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021-05-27/21-59-03-008933/Cessation%20V6.pdf?utm_source=BenchmarkEmail&utm_campaign=31_May_Special_Edition_Final&utm_medium=email HOW THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY UNDERMINES CESSATION], p.4, May 2021, Accessed 12 July 2021</ref>

British American Tobacco launched a new R&D Virtual Visitor Experience , allowing visitors to ‘walk through’ the company's research & development labs, meet leading scientists and view results of new studies. <ref>BAT website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOCASER7 BAT launches virtual R&D Visitor Experience, showcasing the world-class science behind next generation reduced-risk*† nicotine products], 19 January 2022, Accessed 8 February 2022</ref>

===Marketing to Kids===

British American Tobacco is investigating an incident after a 17-year-old was offered a free sample of the company’s Vype brand. The minor was not told that the product contained nicotine and was not asked for proof of age. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/25/legal-loophole-allows-children-to-get-free-vape-samples Legal loophole allows children to get free vape samples], ''The Guardian'', 25 October 2020, Accessed 18 November 2020 </ref> 

British American Tobacco organizes an annual global competition for students and graduates – with the chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to London and an internship opportunity with the company. Participants are required to individually develop an original and innovative business idea. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://toptalent.co/british-american-tobacco-battle-of-mindsBattle of Minds], ''Top Talents'', Accessed 10 October 2019 </ref>

Voices for Interactive Choice & Empowerment, a rights organisation working on the development issues, accused British American Tobacco Bangladesh of targeting children though through sponsoring events like Battle of Minds. The Grand Finale of Battle of Minds 2020, a British American Tobacco recruitment initiative, was held on December 15 in Dhaka with the sponsorship from the company. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210113035740/https://www.newagebd.net/article/124892/rights-group-accuses-batb-of-death-marketing Rights group accuses BATB of death marketing], New Age, 21 December 2020, Accessed 13 January 2021 </ref>

British American Tobacco is under investigation by the UK Advertising Standards Authority over concerns the company promoted nicotine e-cigarettes and were likely to appeal to people under 18 years old. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.standard.co.uk/business/tobacco-giant-faces-advertising-probe-over-social-media-ads-for-teenagers-claims-a4129086.html Tobacco giant faces advertising probe over social media ‘ads for teens' claims], 29 April 2019, Accessed 13 June 2019 </ref> Vype, a range of e-cigarettes owned by British American Tobacco, has been using fashion-style advertising to reach potential new customers, including glossy shoots with Lily Allen in which she matches different devices to her outfits. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7220843/Campaigners-call-crackdown-vaping-firms-use-celebrities-target-teenagers.html Campaigners call for crackdown on vaping firms who use celebrities such as Lily Allen to 'target teenagers'], ''The Daily Mail'', 7 July 2019, Accessed 10 July 2019 </ref>

For a full list of Marketing to Kids cases look [[Marketing to Kids|<strong>here</strong>]].

British American Tobacco signed up New Zealanders with large social media followings to promote its e-cigarette brand Vype by posting pictures of themselves vaping on Instagram. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/110166252/outrage-as-tobacco-giants-pay-instagram-influencers-to-promote-vaping-product Outrage as tobacco giants pay instagram influencers to promote vaping product], ''Stuff'', 27 January 2019, Accessed 1 April 2019 </ref>

A Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids investigation into over 100 social media campaigns by [[Philip Morris International]], British American Tobacco, [[Japan Tobacco International]] and [[Imperial Brands]] revealed tobacco companies pay social media influencers on platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to advertise their products. <ref NAME="BAT_MKTG"> Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press-releases/2018_08_27_ftc PRESS RELEASE New Investigation Exposes How Tobacco Companies Market Cigarettes on Social Media in the U.S. and Around the World], August 2018, Accessed 30 October 2018 </ref> Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids reported British American Tobacco is behind several high profile influencer marketing campaigns for its Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarette brands. An influencer paid to promote British American Tobacco brands explained: 
   “I put the pack of cigarettes here on the table and I take a photo. Because it’s obviously illegal. So they have this group of people in every city… They try to create this thing where they give packets of cigarettes to people with a certain number of followers, so that they post a picture with the packet. The final image they want to give is that smoking Lucky Strike is cool." <ref NAME="BAT_MKTG"/>

===Global Campaigns===

On Facebook and Instagram, British American Tobacco uses dozens of accounts to promote Velo with hashtags like #YouveGotVelo. According to analysis from Klear, a social listening platform, dozens of influencers are using the hashtag to promote Velo to a potential audience of more than 530 million people – more than 40 percent of which is under the age of 24, the letter states. <ref> Tobacco-Free Kids, [http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press-releases/2021_10_26_nicotine-pouch-ads-social-media Over 100 Organizations Call on Social Media Companies to End Nicotine Pouch Advertising, Including by Paid Influencers], 26 October 2021, Accessed 9 November 2021</ref>

In 2021, British American Tobacco and Philip Morris International invested GBP £1 billion in promoting its products on TikTok. <ref> Expose Tobacco,[https://web.archive.org/web/20210513050857/https://exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/Women-and-the-Tobacco-Industry-4.6.2021.pdf Women and the Tobacco Industry], 8 March 2021, Accessed 13 May 2021</ref>

The Bureau revealed that British American Tobacco employed aggressive marketing tactics in different countries around the world to attract a new generation of users including non-smokers to highly addictive nicotine and tobacco products. These described in the article include:
*Presenting nicotine products as cool and aspirational in a glossy youth-focused advertising campaign;
*Paying social media influencers to promote e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches and tobacco on Instagram, notwithstanding the platform’s ban on the practice;
* Sponsoring music and sporting events, including an F1 e-sports tournament that was streamed live on YouTube and could be watched by children;
* And an international free samples offer for nicotine pouches and e-cigarettes that appears to have attracted underage people and non-smokers. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210312015725/https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-02-21/new-products-old-tricks-concerns-big-tobacco-is-targeting-youngsters New products, old tricks? Concerns big tobacco is targeting youngsters], The Bureau Investigates, 21 February 2021, Accessed 12 March 2021</ref>

An analysis of social media and influencer posts found evidence of tobacco companies using #StayAtHome hashtags, creative and giveaways – including branded masks – to market e-cigarettes, vapes and heated tobacco products. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.prweek.com/article/1683314/big-tobacco-using-covid-19-messaging-influencers-market-products Big Tobacco Using Covid-19 Messaging Influencers Market Products], ''PR Week'',  15 May 2020, Accessed 3 July 2020</ref>

It found that on social media, the two largest tobacco companies – Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco – had appropriated 'Stay at home' hashtags used by governments and health authorities to market heated cigarette products, such as Glo and iQOS, and e-cigarettes, including Vype."

At the end of 2019, the United Kingdom's Advertising Standards Authority ruled that British American Tobacco must stop using any public Instagram account to promote e-cigarettes in the country, which would include the use of influencer marketing to advertise e-cigarettes. The agency also ordered British American Tobacco to remove all Instagram advertisements for Vype that were under investigation.<ref> PR Newswire website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/uk-authorities-ban-british-american-tobacco-from-promoting-e-cigarettes-on-instagram-867629331.html UK Authorities Ban British American Tobacco from Promoting E-cigarettes on Instagram], 18 December 2019, Accessed 20 January 2020 </ref>

British American Tobacco’s latest music YouTube commercial has prompted Korean health authorities to discuss new legislature to restrict advertisements of e-cigarette devices. The ad “Glo Sens X Loopy&nafla” features popular musicians. Korean health authorities strictly restrict direct advertisements of tobacco products. However, Glo Sens is not classified as tobacco but as an electronic device used to heat e-cigarette products. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190823000521 British American Tobacco ad sparks discussion on ad restrictions], ''Korea Herald'', 23 August 2019, Accessed 12 September 2019 </ref>

In February 2019, Campaign For Tobacco Free Kids and Netnografica LLC published the results of a two-year investigation into how the big tobacco companies, including [[Philip Morris International|Philip Morris]], British American Tobacco, [[Japan Tobacco International|Japan Tobacco]], and [[Imperial Brands]] used social media influencers to promote their products online. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/43290/1/big-tobacco-smoking-industry-young-people-social-media-influencers-instagram How the tobacco industry targets young people with social media influencers], ''Dazed & Confused'', 13 February 2019, Accessed 7 May 2019 </ref> 

The Tobacco Institute of Southern Africa paid social media celebrities in what could be a ploy to undermine new government efforts to curb tobacco use in the country. The social media campaign coincided with the July 2018 release of proposed anti-tobacco legislation that would curtail advertising and smoking in public places, with violators facing fines and even up to three months in jail. <ref> Bhekisa, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://bhekisisa.org/article/2018-09-07-00-did-big-tobacco-buy-twitter-industry-fights-new-tobacco-control-bill Did Big Tobacco buy Twitter?], 7 September 2018, Accessed 5 December 2018 </ref>

===Sponsorship===

British American Tobacco sponsored the glorchestra tour in Czech Republic - a fusion of traditional and alternative music genres visited a total of 6 unique architectural and cultural monuments and whose support and restoration managed to collect 1,082,200 czech crowns. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/save/https://g.cz/hudebni-projekt-glorchestra-zavita-do-brna-a-prahy-chce-pomahat-s-obnovou-pamatek/ Hudební projekt glorchestra zavítá do Brna a Prahy. Chce pomáhat s obnovou památek], ''g'', 8 November 2021, Accessed 9 November 2021 </ref>

British American Tobacco sponsored Tomorrowland music festival via its ongoing partnership with McLaren. McLaren will Tomorrowland Around the World logo on the new MCL35M car. This will become the first time a music festival has been branded on an F1 car. <ref>We Rave You, [http://web.archive.org/save/https://weraveyou.com/2021/07/tomorrowland-joins-the-race-circuit-with-worlds-fastest-flyer/ Tomorrowland to be the first music festival ever to be branded on an F1 car], 2 July 2021, Accessed 2 August 2021</ref> British American Tobacco is sponsoring the Thames voyage. <ref>British American Tobacco, [http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOC55HZV Vuse makes waves as the first global carbon neutral vape brand], 22 July, Accessed 2 August 2021</ref>

British American Tobacco sponsored concerts of Spanish boyband Dvicio. The exclusive event in Madrid also served as a promotional opportunity for the company's new heated cigarette, Glo. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210312020145/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/793390-tobacco-company-selling-nicotine-to-pakistani-youngsters Tobacco company selling nicotine to Pakistani youngsters], ''The News'', 21 February 2021, Accessed 12 March 2021</ref> In April 2021, the company worked in collaboration with several artists during its Vuse Design Challenge experience, creating two art installations at the Tampa Convention Center, Florida and the painting of an Arrow McLaren INDY Car trackside in Nashville, Tennessee. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.themountaineer.com/news/state/vuse-drives-art-and-innovation-at-st-petersburg-grand-prix-race-weekend/article_bb2f0517-3a2a-5e24-a3e5-0a89bd66433e.html Vuse Drives Art And Innovation At St. Petersburg Grand Prix Race Weekend], ''The Mountaineer'', 21 April 2021, Accessed 10 May 2021 </ref>

Vuse and Arrow McLaren SP continue to work together - multi-year INDYCAR agreement and partnership expansion that includes enhanced activation and assets, and a new Vuse-titled livery on the No. 7 Vuse Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet. The Vuse brand integration is part of a broader enhanced partnership deal between BAT, R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company’s (RJRVC) ultimate parent group, and McLaren Racing, as a continuation of the global partnership with the McLaren Formula 1 team, of which BAT is a Principal Partner. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210312020450/https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/business/vuse-and-arrow-mclaren-sp-announce-multi-year-partnership-agreement/article_6abc661b-0d72-538b-9182-69f4c7298f33.html Vuse and Arrow McLaren SP Announce Multi-year Partnership Agreement], 23 February 2021, Accessed 12 March 2021</ref>

RJRVC is sponsoring the U.S. leg of the band’s upcoming concert tour in conjunction with its London-based parent, British American Tobacco. The Fratellis will offer ''exclusive'' access to their new song “Strangers in the Street” via Vuse Vapor’s U.S. age-restricted Instagram channel.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.cspdailynews.com/tobacco/vuse-bat-sponsor-grammy-winning-band Vuse, BAT Sponsor Grammy-Winning Band], ''CSP Daily news'', 12 May 2020, Accessed 19 May 2020</ref>

British American Tobacco  continues to support a number of CSR initiatives in Bangladesh, including an afforestation program <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.thedailystar.net/environment/news/bonayan-hands-over-2000-saplings-rab-1930781 Bonayan hands over 2,000 saplings to Rab], ''The Daily Star'', 15 July 2020, Accessed 24 August 2020 </ref>. 

British American Tobacco is also one of Associate supporters of the British Royal Academy of Art. <ref> Royal Academy, [https://web.archive.org/web/20201130033600/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/corporate-support Corporate Support], December 2020, Accessed 8 December 2020</ref>

In 2019, British American Tobacco announced a multi-year sponsorship deal with McLaren Racing. The partnership focuses around the promotion of British American Tobacco's “reduced risk products”. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/http://f1i.com/news/329423-mclaren-announces-global-partnership-with-british-american-tobacco.html McLaren announces global partnership with British American Tobacco!], ''F1'', 11 February 2019, 15 Accessed April 2019 </ref> The Centre for Substance Use Research has taken money from Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17539768.critic-of-snp-government-anti-drugs-strategy-in-row-over-tobacco-industry-funding/ Critic SNP government anti drugs strategy in row over tobacco industry funding], ''Herald Scotland'', 31 March 2019, Accessed 23 April 2019 </ref> Tobacco company branding and logos will be banned entirely from the Melbourne Grand Prix to close a loophole that was exploited by cigarette giant Philip Morris and Ferrari. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/new-laws-to-stamp-out-sneaky-tobacco-advertising-20190827-p52lbi.html New laws to stamp out 'sneaky' tobacco advertising], ''The Age'', 27 August 2019, Accessed 12 September 2019 </ref> The Australian state government has issued a ban on advertisements for vaping at the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theage.com.au/national/vaping-ads-ban-rushed-through-ahead-of-phillip-island-grand-prix-20191018-p531vf.html Vaping ads ban rushed through ahead of Phillip Island Grand Prix], ''The Age'', 18 October 2019, Accessed 26 November 2019 </ref> British American Tobacco is expanding their sponsorship of the McLaren Formula One team in 2020 to boost marketing of heated tobacco products. McLaren will provide more promotional spots on their cars next year and British American Tobacco will also be a partner for the team as it returns to full-time IndyCar competitions in the United States. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://gulfnews.com/sport/motorsport/bat-to-expand-f1-sponsorship-with-mclaren-next-year-1.68135289 BAT to expand F1 sponsorship with McLaren next year], ''Gulf News'', 28 November 2019, Accessed 15 December 2019</ref> 
															In 2019, British American Tobacco sponsored the Bora’s Theatre Days in Serbia. <ref>Diplomacy & Commerce, [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.diplomacyandcommerce.rs/bat-will-continue-to-support-the-cultural-heritage-of-vranje/ BAT will continue to support the cultural heritage of Vranje], 2 December 2019, Accessed 24 January 2020 </ref> British American Tobacco in partnership with McLaren created VELO ESERIES where celebrities go head-to-head against influencers. <ref>McLaren website, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210113062848/https://www.mclaren.com/racing/partners/british-american-tobacco/mclaren-racing-and-velo-launch-new-esports-series/ McLAREN RACING AND VELO LAUNCH NEW ESPORTS SERIES], 6 January 2021, Accessed 13 January 2021</ref>

The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd., Imperial Brands PLC, Altria Client Services, British American Tobacco PLC, and Philip Morris International Inc have joined together to donate USD 110,000 worth of equipment that will help to replace the use of animals in respiratory testing with more human-relevant, non-animal test methods. <ref> PETA website, [hhttps://web.archive.org/save/https://www.peta.org/media/news-releases/peta-international-science-group-and-tobacco-companies-donate-to-save-animals/ Media], 22 August 2019, Accessed 12 September 2019 </ref>

British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation created the Farmers for the Future grant, aimed at giving young people the opportunity to access funds to establish viable agricultural enterprises. The scheme is an annual competition organised for final year students of Agriculture in Nigerian tertiary institutions and recent graduates. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://punchng.com/batn-foundation-creates-n5m-grant-for-young-farmers/ BATN Foundation creates N5m grant for young farmers], ''Punch NG'', 8 September 2019, Accessed 12 September 2019</ref>

===Controversies===
British American Tobacco will continue its operations in Russia, despite the overwhelming global movement to halt operations there in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/09/british-american-tobacco-continue-selling-cigarettes-russia-rothmans-sanctions British American Tobacco to continue selling cigarettes in Russia], ''The Guardian'', 9 March 2022, Accessed 28 March 2022 </ref>  

British America Tobacco has been found to be offering “one-time cash benefits to restaurant owners for displaying [illuminated/colored cigarette] advertising materials” in Bangladesh. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://voicebanglabd24.com/2022/01/05/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF/ উপহার ও বিপুল অর্থের বিনিময়ে চলছে তামাকপণ্যের প্রচারণা], ''Voice of Bangla'', 28 January 2022, Accessed 8 February 2022 </ref>

Tobacco workers in North Carolina have called for international solidarity over “union-busting” operations by the British American Tobacco. They have united in the Farm Labour Organising Committee in their campaign for the right to organise and bargain collectively to improve their working and living conditions. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/tobacco-farm-workers-fight-british-american-tobacco-union-busting-in-north-carolina Tobacco farm workers fight British American Tobacco's union busting in North Carolina], ''Morning Star'', May 2021, Accessed 11 July 2021</ref>

According to research by Suzan Burton & Becky Freeman from The University of Sydney, former employees from British American Tobacco Australia and Philip Morris Internationl described incentives programmes whereby top performing retailers were taken on all-expenses paid vacations. According to two former employees of British American Tobacco Australia, these high-end experiential incentives were given to tobacco retailers who had achieved significant sales percentage ‘uplift’ during a promotional period. One participant provided the example that British American Tobacco Australia would run a promotion over a specified period of time whereby the tobacco retailers with the highest percentage uplift in Winfield sales (one of the major Australian tobacco brands) would go into a draw to receive an overseas all-expenses paid vacation. Tobacco companies would receive the sales data to measure performance through product scanning technology at point-of-sale, however, it was noted that data could not be easily obtained from ‘mom and pop’ type stores, making it difficult to include these stores in these incentive programmes. Yet despite such challenges, these retail outlets were described as being a ‘big target’ for tobacco companies as they were the easiest retailer type to influence. <ref>Christina Watts , Suzan Burton & Becky Freeman (2020): [https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17441692.2020.1824005?needAccess=true ‘The last line of marketing’: Covert tobacco marketing tactics as revealed by former tobacco industry employees, Global Public Health], DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1824005, 18 September 2020, p.7, Accessed 8 December 2020 </ref>

British American Tobacco in France launched "Vaping Days". For three days, a hundred BAT employees provided a field presence to "raise awareness" among smokers about vaping as an "alternative to tobacco". <ref> Le Journal du Vapoteur website, [https://web.archive.org/saveBRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO LANCE : LES JOURNÉES DU VAPOTAGE], 1 December 2019, Accessed 20 January 2020 </ref>

Dutch tax authorities demand EUR 1 billion euros from British American Tobacco. The company allegedly avoided taxation in the Netherlands between 2003 and 2016. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.tellerreport.com/business/2019-09-19----tax-authorities-demand-1-billion-euros-from-british-american-tobacco--.rJQPjOmbDB.html Tax authorities demand 1 billion euros from British American Tobacco], ''Teller Report'', 20 September 2019, Accessed 9 October 2019</ref>

British American Tobacco hired young models to sell its products despite having an explicit policy banning under-25s from appearing in adverts. The company paid social media influencers to star in a promotional campaign for glo, a heated tobacco device, in violation of its own marketing rules that state: “No person appearing in our advertising will be under 25." <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-american-tobacco-used-young-instagram-stars-in-its-ads-hs6wgf5z2 British American Tobacco used young Instagram stars in its ads], ''The Times'', 17 August 2019, Accessed 12 September 2019 </ref>

Based on an investigation by the Tax Justice Network, British American Tobacco has been accused of shifting profits from developing countries to a UK subsidiary. The company allegedly would avoid paying USD 700 million between now and 2030 in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Guyana, Brazil, and Trinidad and Tobago. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/30/tobacco-firm-bat-costs-developing-countries-700m-in-tax Tobacco firm BAT ‘costs developing countries $700m in tax’], ''The Guardian'', 30 April 2019, Accessed 13 June 2019 </ref> 

Two new studies from the Tobacco Control Research Group, published in the BMJ journal, Tobacco Control, expose evidence that big tobacco companies are still facilitating tobacco smuggling, while attempting to control a global system designed to prevent it and funding studies that routinely overestimate levels of tobacco smuggling. <ref>University of Bath, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/new-research-uncovers-one-of-the-tobacco-industrys-greatest-scams/ New research uncovers 'one of the tobacco industry’s greatest scams'], 1 August 2018, Accessed 21 September 2018 </REF>

Financial disclosures for President Trump's interim choice for U.S. Defence Secretary role Patrick Shanahan showed he was invested in more than 400 diverse stocks for companies such as British American Tobacco, CBS, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Facebook, Marathon Petroleum and Qualcomm. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://thehill.com/policy/defense/422779-meet-trumps-pick-to-take-over-for-mattis-at-pentagonMeet Trump’s pick to take over for Mattis at Pentagon], ''The Hill'',  December 24, 2018, Accessed 13 January 2019 </ref>

In August 2018, The Guardian reported that British American Tobacco has promoted sales of its cigarettes in some of the most fragile, war-torn and unstable countries of Africa and the Middle East. Documents acquired by The Guardian describe how cartons of cigarettes were distributed to traders hidden in black bags in Somalia after Al-Shabaab banned sales and threatened punishments under Sharia law between late 2008 and early 2009. The documents also show that British American Tobacco made plans to launch in South Sudan just two days before it gained independence from the north after years of destruction from a civil war that left 4 million people displaced. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/18/british-american-tobacco-cigarettes-africa-middle-east Revealed: how British American Tobacco exploited war zones to sell cigarettes], ''The Guardian'', 18 August 2017, Accessed 13 September 2018 </REF>

Internal British American Tobacco documents revealed that illicit trade was both profitable and integral to British American Tobacco operations in the People’s Republic of China over the span of two decades.<ref>Lee K, Collin J. “Key to the future”: British American Tobacco and cigarette smuggling in China. PLoS Med. 2006;3:e228 </ref>  British American Tobacco's involvement in cigarette smuggling in Africa and Lebanon has also been documented. <ref>LeGresley E, Lee K, Muggli ME, Patel P, Collin J, Hurt RD. British American Tobacco and the “insidious impact of illicit trade” in cigarettes across Africa. Tob Control. 2008;17:339-46. </ref><ref>Nakkash R, Lee K. Smuggling as the “key to a combined market”: British American Tobacco in Lebanon. Tob Control. 2008;17:324-31</ref>

A 2015 BBC investigation uncovered evidence of bribery when British American Tobacco illegally paid politicians and civil servants in countries in East Africa. <ref name="BAT_BBCsecret">[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-34964603 The secret bribes of big tobacco], ''BBC'', November 2015, Accessed 7 September 2018 </ref> Independent further reported British American Tobacco recruited and paid for a union to disrupt production at one of its chief rivals. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/british-american-tobacco-paid-union-to-disrupt-production-at-one-of-itschief-rivals-whistleblower-a6780011.html British American Tobacco accused of corporate espionage in South Africa], ''Independent'', February 2016, Accessed 18 September 2018 </REF> Emails reveal British American Tobacco made illegal payments to two members and one former member of the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. British American Tobacco lobbyist Julie Adell-Owino arranged bribes totalling USD 26,000 for three public officials in Rwanda, Burundi and the Comoros Islands. All three officials were connected to a United Nations effort to reduce the number of tobacco related deaths, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. {{r|BAT_BBCsecret}} British-American Tobacco's response to the allegations stated: "The truth is that we do not and will not tolerate corruption, no matter where it takes place."

But the evidence, as presented, looks damning. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.forbes.com/sites/jwebb/2015/12/01/an-exceptional-insight-into-commercial-bribery-practices-at-british-american-tobacco/ An exceptional insight into commercial bribery practices at British American Tobacco], ''Forbes'', December 2015, Accessed 21 September 2018 </REF> In 2016, lawyers investigating bribery and corruption allegations were urged to expand their investigation after fresh international accusations emerged. According to court documents seen by The Independent, two former police officers working for private corporate investigation companies paid cash to South African law enforcement officials to disrupt British American Tobacco’s competitors’ business operations. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/british-american-tobacco-accused-of-corporate-espionage-in-southafrica-a6900731.html British American Tobacco accused of corporate espionage in South Africa], ''Independent'', 28 February 2016, 14 Accessed 8 September 2018 </REF>

The South African Revenue Service says it is owed R 143 million by the local arm of British American Tobacco as a result of tax fraud and evasion. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-04-07-sars-faces-off-with-british-american-tobacco-over-r143m-tax-bill/ Sars faces off with British American Tobacco over R143m tax bill], ''Times Live'', 7 April 2019, Accessed 12 April 2019 </ref> In 2014, South African subsidiary British American Tobacco Zimbabwe (Batz) was under scrutiny from SARS who has unearthed errant and illegal behavior on the part of the company. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2014/06/06/bat-faces-fresh-espionage-allegations/ BAT faces fresh espionage allegations], ''The Independent in Business'', 6 June 2014, Accessed 28 January 2019 </ref>

===Political Spending===
For a list of political contributions in the United States look [[Political Spending|<strong>here</strong>]].

According to the 2018 Annual report, the total amount of British American Tobacco’s political contributions made to non-EU political parties in 2018 was GBP 3,718,540 (2017: GBP4,832,321).{{r|BAT_AR2019|p=70}} RAI Companies reported political contributions totalling GBP 3,718,540 (USD 4,965,850) for the full year 2018 to US political organisations, non-federal-level political party committees and to campaign committees of various non-federal candidates. {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=70}}

===Research and Development===

A study published by British American Tobacco in Drug and Chemical Toxicology analysed four variants of one of the company's MO nicotine pouch products Lyft+, three snus products, and two different NRT products in a lozenge and a gum format. According to the study, "the results showed that the MO products had a comparable toxicant profile to NRTs, which are currently considered to be the least risky of all nicotine products. The study also estimated that users of the studied MO products are likely to be exposed to far fewer and significantly lower levels of toxicants than those who use snus." <ref>Eureka, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/raba-rss061621.php Research study suggests BAT's Modern Oral products have similar toxicant profile to NRT], 16 June 2021, Accessed 19 July 2021</ref>

British American Tobacco are investigating how people use vapor and tobacco heating products in Italy, comparing how consumers use heated tobacco product glo, and vapour product iSwitch, as well as another commercially available heated tobacco products and a reference cigarette. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.sciencecodex.com/bat-study-examines-how-people-use-vapor-and-tobacco-heating-products-638011 BAT study examines how people use vapor and tobacco heating products], ''Science Codex'', 8 January 2020, Accessed 19 February 2020</ref>

Portal Chemical & Engineering News reported that representatives from [[British American Tobacco]], [[Japan Tobacco International]], [[Philip Morris International]], and Reynolds American attended the annual meeting of the American Society for Cellular & Computational Toxicology focused on non-animal toxicology testing. The website cited the ultimate goal to:
   "to convince officials at the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) that in vitro methods for predicting respiratory toxicology in humans are ready for prime time." <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/toxicology/Big-tobacco-embraces-vitro-toxicology/96/i43 Big tobacco embraces in vitro toxicology], ''Chemical & Engineering News'', 18 October 2018, Accessed October 2018 </ref>

A study by Oxford Economics, commissioned by British American Tobacco, revealed that Malaysia has the highest illegal cigarette incidence in the world and loses almost RM100 million every week to criminal smugglers and sellers. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/study-shows-malaysia-loses-rm5b-tax-annually-due-cigarettes-smuggled Study shows Malaysia loses RM5b tax annually due to cigarettes smuggled in], ''The Edge Market'', 21 June 2019, Accessed 20 July 2019 </ref>

===Corporate Social Responsibility===

The Eliminating Child Labor in Tobacco-Growing is a front group for tobacco industry interests under the guise of a corporate social responsibility initiative. Eliminating Child Labor in Tobacco-Growing was co-founded by British American Tobacco and represents an alliance of tobacco companies and growers - led exclusively by members of the tobacco industry. In 2016 every member of the board came from tobacco. <ref>Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press-releases/2018_06_08_iloPRESS RELEASE Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Calls on ILO to Finally Sever Ties with Deadly Tobacco Industry], June 2018, Accessed 30 September 2018 </REF> The Organization has close ties to the United Nation's agency for labor, the International Labour Organization. The partnership has been ongoing since 2002 and seeks to eliminate child labor and promote workers’ rights in tobacco-growing communities in Brazil, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/international-geneva_should-the-ilo-maintain-financial-ties-to-the-tobacco-industry-/44506474 Should the ILO maintain financial ties to the tobacco industry?], ''Swiss Info'', October 2018, Accessed 13 September 2018 </REF> In November 2018, the International Labour Organization announced it would no longer rely on tobacco-industry funding for its projects to end child labor and promote workers’ rights in select tobacco growing communities. The International Labour Organization will no longer rely on its public-private partnerships with the tobacco industry to fund projects on addressing child labor and tobacco workers’ rights in the short term. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.devex.com/news/after-3-deferments-ilo-finally-decides-on-tobacco-industry-funded-projects-93820After 3 deferments, ILO finally decides on tobacco industry-funded projects], ''Devex'', November 2018, Accessed 30 November 2018 </ref> In 2018, Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing provided training and communications to farmers and rural community members to raise awareness of human rights issues, which reached over 134,000 beneficiaries in 2018. {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=30}}

British American Tobacco launched"A Greener Tomorrow: innovation and sustainability for a greener tobacco growing"in Naples. British American Tobacco Italia presented "A Greener Tomorrow Digital Project", a pilot project created in collaboration with the Campania startup JustOneEarth and the organization of tobacco producers Italtab, which aims to develop the digitization of production processes in the tobacco sector, thus reducing the environmental impact of crops." <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://videoinformazioni.com/a-greener-tomorrow-digital-project-bat-italia-lancia-il-progetto-pilota-di-monitoraggio-satellitare-per-una-tabacchicoltura-piu-sostenibile/ A Greener Tomorrow Digital Project”: Bat Italia lancia il progetto pilota di monitoraggio satellitare per una tabacchicoltura più sostenibile], ''Video Informazioni'', 15 September 2021,  20 September 2021</ref>

For its Leisure Monitor 2021, the BAT Foundation for Future Issues surveyed more than 3,000 German citizens between the ages of 18 and 74 about their leisure activities in August 2021. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/panorama/freizeitmonitor-freizeit-2021-100.html Ein Volk der Chiller und Couchsurfer], ''ZDF'', 16 September 2021, Accessed 20 September 2021 </ref>

In 2019, British American Tobacco announced the roll-out of VerifY, a scheme aimed at ensuring that all retailers of e-cigarettes are aware of their role in the prevention of access to vaping by under-18s. <ref>[https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/british-american-tobacco-tackles-youth-vaping-26-02-2019/ British American Tobacco tackles youth vaping], ''Talking Retail'', 26 February 2019, Accessed 21 April 2019 </ref> British American Tobacco Bangladesh was amongst 28 companies honored for practising transparency and good governance in their day-to-day operations by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh, a professional body tasked with developing, promoting and regulating the profession of chartered secretaries, organised the awards. British American Tobacco Bangladesh won the gold award in the manufacturing category. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/improve-corporate-governance-1659280 Improve corporate governance], The ''Daily Star'', November 2018, Accessed 30 November 2018 </REF>

In October 2018 Reuters reported that British American Tobacco ranked second and third (alongside Tesco) on the first Global Governance FTSE 100 League Table. The ranking judges companies based on their compliance with the 2015 Modern Slavery Act. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-business-slavery/marks-spencer-tops-list-of-major-british-firms-tackling-modern-slavery-idUSKCN1MX1P9 Marks & Spencer tops list of major British firms tackling modern slavery], ''Reuters'', October 2018, Accessed 31 October 2018 </REF>

In 2016, British American Tobacco Peru and British American Tobacco Central America and Caribbean were “recognised … amongst top employers in LatAm 2016”. British American Tobacco Mexico was recognised as the leading employer in the country and British American Tobacco West Africa won "awards for outstanding employee engagement strategies”. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/13/the-problem-with-selling-a-lethal-product-you-just-cant-get-the-staff The problem with selling a lethal product: you just can't get the staff], ''The Guardian'', 13 July 2016,  Accessed 21 December 2018 </ref>
In October 2020, British American Tobacco (Malaysia) unveiled its “Stop The Black Market” bus as part of its commitment to engage Malaysians and draw attention to the seriousness of the black market.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/13/the-problem-with-selling-a-lethal-product-you-just-cant-get-the-staff BAT Malaysia hits the streets with ‘Stop The Black Market’ bus], ''The Sun Daily'', 1 October 2020, Accessed 18 November 2020 </ref>  British American Tobacco was named as a "Top Employer" for 2019 in eight countries – Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Korea and Vietnam, by the Top Employers Institute.
<ref>British American Tobacco website, [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOB7MCUQ We’re a top employer again in Asia-Pacific!], December 20, 2018, Accessed 12 January 2019 </ref>

Bangladesh Labor Welfare Foundation (under the Bangladeshi Ministry of Labor and Employment) has received donations amounting to BDT 23,07,61,480 (approximately USD 2 million) from British American Tobacco Bangladesh. Acceptance of these donations was a clear breach of Guideline 4.10, under Article 5.3, of the WHO treaty Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.tobaccoindustrywatchbd.org/article/articledetail/TobaccoWatch/423 BATB deriving favors in return of donation to Labor Welfare Foundation- Govt. not complying FCTC Article 5.3], ''Tobacco Industry Watch'', Accessed 20 July 2019 </ref>

==Reporting and Regulation==

===Investigations===
New research co-authored by University of Bath details tax avoidance tactics used by the world’s four largest publicly-traded tobacco companies. British American Tobacco and Imperial Brands move large dividends and interest payments to holding companies in the United Kingdom. British American Tobacco  moves around UER 1 billion in dividends via Belgium each year but pays less than 1 percent tax on these profits. British American Tobacco and Imperial Brands UK subsidiaries have lowered their corporation tax burden by GBP 2.5-billion over the past decade. They have done this by offsetting losses made by one subsidiary against profit made by another. This is known as group relief. In this way, Imperial Brands was able to lower its UK corporate tax bill by an estimated GBP 1.8-billion over the past 10 years and British American Tobacco by an estimated GBP 760-million. <ref name="BATH"> University of Batch, [https://web.archive.org/web/20201207072922/https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/big-tobacco-big-avoidance/ Big Tobacco, Big Avoidance], 5 November 2020, Accessed 7 December 2020 </ref>

The US Department of Justice and the Office of Foreign Assets Control are investigating British American Tobacco for “suspicions of breach of sanctions”. It is not clear which country or countries the regulators are focusing on. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britishamericantobacco-investigation-idUSKCN21W01ETobacco giant BAT slides on report of U.S. criminal investigation], ''Reuters'', 14 April 2020, Accessed 21 April 2020 </ref> 

A US House of Representatives committee has asked e-cigarette manufacturers to hand over details about the health impact of products, heaping renewed scrutiny on the popular devices. The energy and commerce committee wrote to Fontem Ventures, a subsidiary of [[Imperial Brands]], the tobacco manufacturer, which owns the Blu vaping brand, Reynolds American, the US business of [[British American Tobacco]], [[Japan Tobacco International]] and Juul. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/business/e-cigarette-brands-quizzed-by-house-of-representatives-over-risk-to-young-smokers-56d62hdgf E-cigarette brands quizzed by House of Representatives over risk to smokers], ''The Times'', 23 August 2019, Accessed 12 September 2019 </ref>

===Tobacco Litigation===
British American Tobacco and Imperial Brands, both based in the UK, denied the allegations of child labor. They asked that the case be dismissed on the grounds that lawyers for the farming families cannot prove the tobacco they grew ended up in their cigarettes and other products. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/19/tobacco-firms-in-move-to-strike-out-malawi-exploitation-case#:~:text=Two%20of%20the%20world's%20biggest,of%20their%20drive%20for%20profits Tobacco firms in move to strike out Malawi exploitation case ], ''The Guardian'', 19 May 2021, Accessed 11 July 2021</ref>

Subsidiaries of British American Tobacco are engaged in on-going legal battles against Philip Morris International in the United States and Romania, claiming the company infringed on patents BAT developed for its vaping products. <ref>Expose Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://exposetobacco.org/news/philip-morris-legal-challenges/?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=evergreen PMI, FSFW & PM USA Face Legal Challenges from All Angles], 22 March 2021, Accessed 13 May 2021</ref>

The UK Serious Fraud Office has closed a three-year investigation into British American Tobacco over allegations that it bribed government officials in Africa.  <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bat-bribery-investigation-dropped-23pnz9vz9 BAT bribery investigation dropped], ''The Times'', 16 January 2021, Accessed 11 March 2021</ref>

In August 2018 Uruguay became the first country in the region to enact plain packaging requirements for tobacco products. Only a month later, however, the decree was suspended due to a lawsuit filed by British American Tobacco. An Administrative First Instance Court ruled in favour of British American Tobacco because the plain packaging measure had been enacted by an executive decree instead of a law adopted by Parliament. The Uruguayan government appealed this decision and on 11 October 2018 the Court of Appeal ruled in the government’s favour, although a law would still be necessary to establish plain packaging. A legislative effort was immediately launched that month, leading to the adoption of Law 19.723 on 12 December 2018 and a detailed decree on 29 April 2019, with the law to be implemented for all tobacco products from 22 December 2019. <ref> World Health Organization, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/326043/9789241516204-eng.pdf?ua=1 WHO REPORT ON THE GLOBAL TOBACCO EPIDEMIC, 2019 Offer help to quit tobacco use], p. 95, 2019, Accessed 11 March 2020 </ref>

Human rights lawyers are preparing to bring a landmark case against British American Tobacco on behalf of hundreds of more than 350 children and their families forced by poverty wages to work in conditions of child labor in the fields of Malawi. Leigh Day’s lawyers anticipate the number of child laborer claimants to rise as high as 15,000. While BAT claims it has told farmers not to use their children as unpaid labor, the lawyers say the families cannot afford to work their fields otherwise, because they receive so little money for their crop. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/31/bat-faces-landmark-legal-case-over-malawi-families-poverty-wages BAT faces landmark legal case over Malawi families' poverty wages], The Guardian, 1 November 2019, Accessed 26 November 2019 </ref> British American Tobacco, on its website, says: 
   "In the case of tobacco farming, the reality of rural agricultural life in many parts of the world means certain kinds of work can play a formative, cultural, social and familial role for children. Where local law permits, we consider it acceptable for children of between 13 and 15 years of age to help on their families’ farms provided it is light work, and does not hinder their education or vocational training." <ref>Geographical, [https://web.archive.org/save/http://geographical.co.uk/people/development/item/3172-dossier Dossier: Tobacco's big child labour problem], 10 May 2019, Accessed 31 January 2020 </ref>

In December 2020, a group of tobacco farmers filed a claim in British courts, alleging that years of worker exploitation and child labor violations are among the real reasons for why two tobacco firms have been so profitable. The claims against British American Tobacco, [[Imperial Brands]], and their parent companies and subsidiaries were filled in High Court in London.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://africatimes.com/2020/12/21/malawi-farmers-lawsuit-says-child-labor-fuels-tobacco-profits/ Malawi farmers’ lawsuit says child labor fuels tobacco profits], ''Africa Times'', 21 December 2020, Accessed 13 January 2021 </ref> 

Brazil's solicitor general's office is suing [[British American Tobacco]] Plc and [[Philip Morris International]] to recover the public health treatment costs of tobacco-related diseases over the last five years. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/philip-morris-influencer-tobacco-ads-on-social-media-under-fire Philip Morris Influencer Tobacco Ads on Social Media Under Fire], ''Bloomberg'', 22 May 2019, Accessed 13 June 2019 </ref> This move had been praised by the World Health Organization. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-7068245/WHO-praises-Brazil-lawsuit-against-tobacco-giants.html WHO praises Brazil lawsuit against tobacco giants], ''Mail Online'', 24 May 2019, Accessed 13 June 2019 </ref> 

Souza Cruz (a subsidiary of British American Tobacco) was sentenced to pay around USD 180,000 to the widow of a smoker in Caxias do Sul. According to ACT, this is the 1st time that the responsibility of the tobacco industry is recognized. Historically in Brazil, the industry has won all lawsuits filed by victims or relatives. <ref> https://web.archive.org/save/http://actbr.org.br/post/empresa-de-cigarros-e-condenada-a-pagar-r-637-mil-para-viuva-de-fumante-de-caxias-do-sul/17755/?fbclid=IwAR0RzPcuJNhNthF3PGMnmbrh2d28xFw1bZ-iUBjURDXpEQI7xQKm687UVp0 Empresa de cigarros é condenada a pagar R$ 637 mil para viúva de fumante de Caxias do Sul], ''ACT'', 30 January 2019, Accessed 15 April 2019 </ref> In a lawsuit, filed in the High Court in Auckland, Philip Morris (New Zealand) is suing British American Tobacco (New Zealand), alleging its larger rival is breaching competition law by locking retailers into contracts designed to preserve its dominance in a NZD 2.5 billion market. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.sharechat.co.nz/article/bbece5d0/big-tobacco-firms-clash-in-nz-as-philip-morris-sues-bat-for-anti-competitive-behaviour.html BIG TOBACCO FIRMS CLASH IN NZ AS PHILIP MORRIS SUES BAT FOR ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR], ''Sharechat.co.nz'', 22 March 2018, Accessed 18 December 2018 </ref>

In 2015, British American Tobacco, [[Philip Morris International]] and [[Japan Tobacco International|Japan Tobacco]] were ordered to pay CAD 12.5 billion in damages to Quebec smokers. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.wsj.com/articles/tobacco-firms-ordered-to-pay-12-5-billion-in-canada-1433242864 Tobacco Firms Ordered to Pay $12.5 Billion to Smokers in Canada], ''The Wall Street Journal'', 2 June 2015, Accessed 18 December 2018 </ref>

In 2014, [[Philip Morris International]] and British American Tobacco, with support from other companies including [[Imperial Brands|Imperial Tobacco]] and [[Japan Tobacco International]], made a legal bid to have new European Union picture health warnings and a ban on menthol cigarettes overturned. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/tobacco-firms-fight-eu-picture-153435915.html?guccounter=1 Tobacco Firms Fight EU Picture Health Warning], ''Yahoo! Finance'', 3 November 2014, Accessed 18 December 2018 </ref>

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! style="font-weight:bold;width=10%" |Year  {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=201}}
! style="font-weight:bold;width=10%" |Status  {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=201}}
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|Angola
|2016
|Pending
|BAT Angola affiliate Sociedade Unificada de Tabacos de Angola (“SUT”) was served with a collective action filed in the Provincial Court of Luanda, 2nd Civil Section, by the consumer association Associação Angolana dos Direitos do Consumidor (“AADIC”). The lawsuit seeks damages of AOA 800,000,000 (approximately £2 million or US$2.6 million)
allegedly incurred by the Angolan Instituto Nacional do Controlo do Cancro (“INCC”) for the cost of treating tobacco-related disease, non-material damages allegedly suffered by certain individual smokers on the rolls of INCC, and the mandating of certain cigarette package warnings. SUT filed its answer to the claim on or about 5 December 2016.
|-
|Argentina
|2007
|Evidentiary stage
|The non-governmental organisation the Argentina Tort Law Association (“ATLA”) and Emma Mendoza Voguet brought a reimbursement action against Nobleza Piccardo S.A.I.C.y.F. (“Nobleza”) and Massalín Particulares. The case is being heard in the Contentious Administrative Court.
|-
|Brazil
|2007
|Subject to further appeal
|The São Paulo Public Prosecutor’s Office filed a medical reimbursement claim against Souza Cruz S.A. (“Souza
Cruz”). A similar claim was lodged against Philip Morris Brasil Indústria e Comércio Ltda. On 4 October 2011, the Court dismissed the action against Souza Cruz, with a judgment on the merits. The plaintiffs’ appeal to the Court of Appeal failed by unanimous vote (3 to 0). The Public Prosecutor’s Office filed a Special Appeal to the Superior Court of Justice, which was denied on 12 November 2018 by a decision that is subject to further appeal.
|-
|Canada
|NA
|
|Following the implementation of legislation enabling provincial governments to recover healthcare costs directly from tobacco manufacturers, ten actions for recovery of healthcare costs arising from the treatment of smoking and health-related diseases have been brought. These proceedings name various Group companies as defendants, including the Company, Investments, Industries, Carreras Rothmans Limited (collectively, the “UK Companies”) and Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited (“Imperial”), the Group’s operating company in Canada, as well as RJRT and its affiliate R.J.Reynolds Tobacco International Inc. (“RJRTI”) (collectively, the “RJR Companies”). Pursuant to the terms of the 1999 sale of RJRT’s international tobacco business to Japan Tobacco Incorporated (“JTI”), JTI has agreed to indemnify RJRT for all liabilities and obligations (including litigation costs) arising in respect of the Canadian recoupment actions. Subject to a reservation of rights, JTI has assumed the defence of the RJR Companies in these actions. The ten cases are proceeding in British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The enabling legislation is in force in all ten provinces. In addition, legislation has received Royal Assent in two of the three territories in Canada, but has yet to be proclaimed into force.
|-
|}

==Partners and Allies==

According to Transparency Register, in 2017 British American Tobacco disclosed it was a member of the following associations: <ref>Europe.eu, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170417015607/http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=2427500988-58 Transparency Register British American Tobacco], Accessed 8 September 2018 </REF>

*The American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union
*American European Community Association
*British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium
*BusinessEurope
*European Policy Centre
*Confederation of British Industry
*European Risk Forum
*Ad Hoc Council (The European Government Business Relations Council)
*Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers (CECCM)
*European Smoking Tobacco Association (ESTA)
*European Smokeless Tobacco Council (ESTOC)
*International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
*International Trademark Association
*ICC Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP)
*Kangaroo Group
*The Mentor Group
*Tobacco Industry Platform (TIP)
*Transatlantic Business Dialogue
*Tobaksproducenterne (Tobacco Manufacturers Denmark)
*Tobacco Manufacturers' Association (TMA)

Right-wing lobbying group, the NZ Taxpayers’ Union, was identified as being supported by British American Tobacco. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1901/S00164/anti-tobacco-advocates-suspicions-confirmed-by-investigation.htm Anti-tobacco advocates suspicions confirmed by investigation], ''Scoop'', 31 January 2019, Accessed 4 April 2019 </ref>

===Lobbying===
====Argentina====
Argentina's Tabacalera Sarandi brought the conflict of interest of the President of the Supreme Court, Carlos Rosenkrantz, to justice in a lawsuit against the multinationals Philip Morris (Massalin) and British American Tobacco (Nobleza Piccardo). The Argentine company Tabacalera Sarandi claimed that the President of the Supreme Court Carlos Rosenkrantz has a direction association with Philip Morris (Massalin) and British American Tobacco (Nobleza Piccardo) in the country. The Presidents's daughter, Julia Rosenkrantz is a lawyer for the country's largest law firm, Marval, OFarrell and Mairal, whose historical client is Philip Morris (Massalin). <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.lapoliticaonline.com/nota/128249-una-tabacalera-argentina-acusa-a-rosenkrantz-de-favorecer-a-las-multinacionales/ Una tabacalera argentina acusa a Rosenkrantz de favorecer a las multinacionales], ''La Politica Online'', 28 July 2020, Accessed 24 August 2020</ref>

====Australia====
British American Tobacco Australia wants Western Australia to be the first state in the country to change its e-cigarette regulations. British American Tobacco Australia has fronted WA's Parliamentary Select Committee on Personal Choice and Community Safety, which is assessing whether the use of electronic cigarettes should be made legal in the state. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-22/british-american-tobacco-pushes-for-wa-e-cigarette-regulations/10841780 British American Tobacco pushes for e-cigarette regulations, saying WA could 'champion' change], ''ABC'', 22 February 2019, Accessed 29 April 2019 </ref> British American Tobacco has previously donated to one of Australia’s most prominent right-wing think tanks Institute of Public Affairs. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2018/07/24/ipa-membership-donors/ Institute of Public Affairs growing but think tank remains tight-lipped about donors], ''The New Daily'', July 2018, Accessed 2 October 2018</ref>

====Bangladesh====
The Bangladesh Competition Commission is investigating a complaint of anti-competitive practices filed by [[Japan Tobacco International]] against British American Tobacco Bangladesh. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.thedailystar.net/business/organisation-news/news/japan-tobacco-accuses-batb-anti-competitive-practices-2945906], ''The Daily Star'', 25 January 2022, Accessed 8 February 2022</ref>

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Border Guard Bangladesh and British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited to implement a 'Forestry Project' the Border Guard would be responsible for.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/industry-business/2020/09/28/959897 করপোরেট কর্ণার], ''kalerkantho'', 28 September 2020, Accessed 8 October 2020</ref>

Customs, Excise and VAT Commission suggested British American Tobacco and [[Japan Tobacco International]] are under investigation for unfair market advantage.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://bonikbarta.net/home/news_description/241852/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF- নিম্নস্তরের সিগারেটের বাজার ধরতে প্রতিযোগিতায় বহুজাতিক কোম্পানি], ''Bonik Karta'', 20 September 2020, Accessed 8 October 2020</ref>

BAT Bangladesh has been accused of violating tobacco advertising laws by promoting its products ‘indirectly’ through what the company calls “business communication”.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%9D%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9E%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8B বিক্রেতার জন্য সিগারেট কোম্পানির ‘বার্তা’ ঝুলছে ‘বিজ্ঞাপনের মতো’], ''Prothomalo'', 14 March 2021, Accessed 21 April 2021 </ref>

====Belgium====
The Belgian Competition Authority charged Philip Morris (PM.N), Imperial Brands (IMB.L), Japan Tobacco (2914.T) and British American Tobacco (BATS.L) with breaching competition law by exchanging information of future prices to wholesalers. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/belgium-charges-cigarette-makers-exchanging-information-prices-2021-10-01/ Belgium charges cigarette makers for exchanging information on prices], ''Reuters'', 2 October 2021, Accessed 9 November 2021</ref>

====Czech Republic====
British American Tobacco proposed an increased excise tax on heated cigarettes in the Czech Republic to at least 80% of the tax rate for conventional cigarettes, a move designed to harm its competitor [[Philip Morris International]]. The company supported this step by claiming that there was no evidence to suggest that heated cigarettes are less harmful than conventional tobacco products. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.investicniweb.cz/news-british-american-tobacco-navrhuje-zvyseni-dane-ze-zahrivaneho-tabaku/ British American Tobacco navrhuje zvýšení daně u zahřívaného tabáku], ''Investicni Web'', 23 June 2020, Accessed 20 July 2020 </ref>

====East and Central Africa====
According to a detailed study, British American Tobacco made questionable payments between 2008 and 2013 impacting 10 countries in East and Central Africa, including Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The report highlights that British American Tobacco 'used [these] payments to influence policy in its favor and sabotage its competitors... The use of these payments appeared systematized and supported by senior staff, including those at its London headquarters.' <ref>Expose Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://bat-uncovered.exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Buying-Influence-Advantage-in-Africa.pdf Buying Influence and Advantage in Africa: An Analysis of British American Tobacco’s Questionable Payments], p.4, September 2021, Accessed 7 December 2021 </ref> Payments totalled to USD 601,502  were targeted at a minimum of 143 individuals. <ref> Jackson, R. R, Rowell, A., & Gilmore, A. B., [https://web.archive.org/save/https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4qs8m106 “Unlawful Bribes?”: A documentary analysis showing British American Tobacco’s use of payments to secure policy and competitive advantage in Africa], ''UCSF: Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education'', 2021, Accessed 7 December 2021 </ref>

====European Union====
Think tanks from multiple countries received funding from British American Tobacco, [[Japan Tobacco International]] and [[Philip Morris International]], alongside governments as they argued against tobacco controls. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/23/tobacco-industry-free-market-thinktanks-cigarette-controls Tobacco industry free market thinktanks cigarette controls], ''The Guardian'', 23 January 2019, Accessed 16 April 2019 </ref> According to Politico, among the lobbyists on the EU Transparency Register, representing British American Tobacco are Bernstein Public Policy and Red Flag. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.politico.eu/article/tobacco-lobbyists-demand-say-in-eu-debate-on-tobacco-lobbying-european-parliament-european-ombudsman-emily-oreilly/ Tobacco lobbyists demand say in EU debate on … tobacco lobbying], ''Politico'', April 2016, Accessed 12 September 2018</ref> 

A campaign by Forest EU, funded by [[Japan Tobacco International]], British American Tobacco and members of the European Smoking Tobacco Associations, paints a picture that is out of touch with the reality of EU legislation and the economic and societal effects of smoking in its many forms. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/partner_article/efa/making-europe-smoke-free-environment Making Europe a smoke-free environment], ''The Parliament Magazine'', 21 October 2019, Accessed 26 November 2019 </ref>

As of May 2021, there are no British American Tobacco-affiliated persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises. Mr Eric Sensi-Minautier is in charge of EU relations. <ref name="BAT_TB"> European Transparency Register, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210510141950/https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=2427500988-58 British American Tobacco], Accessed 10 May 2021</ref>
As of November 2021, the following persons are accredited for access to European Parliament premises forBritish American Tobacco: <ref>European Commission Transparency Register, [http://web.archive.org/save/https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=2427500988-58 American Tobacco], 2 February 2022 </ref>

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In 2019, British American Tobacco appeared to have a large lobbying contract potentially worth EUR 500,000 - 599,999 with EUTOP Europe GmbH. <ref>
European Transparency Register, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=171298025234-65 EUTOP Europe GmbH], Accessed 27 July 2020 </ref>

British American Tobacco also used BDL Lobbying Srl for lobbying in 2019 with services worth between EUR 100,000 - 199,999 <ref>
European Transparency Register, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=638996717979-40 BDL Lobbying Srl], Accessed 27 July 2020 </ref> and Business Platform Europe with services between 10,000 - 24,999 between July 2018 and June 2019. <ref>
European Transparency Register, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=780330912492-15 Business Platform Europe], Accessed 27 July 2020 </ref>.

In 2019, British American Tobacco had an estimated annual cost related to activities covered by the European Transparency Registry in the amount of EUR 2,250,000 - 2,499,999. {{r|BAT_TB}} EU Transparency register lists British American Tobacco as a member of various associations and networks around the world, including: AmCham EU, British Chamber of Commerce Belgium, BusinessEurope, Institute of Economics Affairs (IEA), Kangaroo Group, International Chamber of Commerce UK, INTA, CBI, ICC BASCAP, CECCM (now Tobacco Europe), ESTA, ECMA, CEPS. {{r|BAT_TB}}

A report of a meeting between Director General of the EU's Taxation and Customs Union and British American Tobacco showed how BAT used the findings of a study it commissioned (undertaken by Deloitte/Taj consultants) to support their views against increasing minimum rates in the Tobacco Excise Directive. The study concluded that an increase in rates would unduly affect Eastern European countries, increase illicit trade and vastly increase price elasticity of cigarettes. Furthermore, they argued that the Directive should not be reviewed claiming that there is “no sufficient data” to impose tax regimes on e-cigarettes or heated cigarettes. Similarly, in February 2019, BAT provided the Taxation and Customs Union  with its “Analysis of the potential impacts of revising the minimum excise requirements in the European Excise". The study was used to support their key argument that FCT keeps consumers away from illicit, unregulated products, while making it more expensive would push FCT users to illicit products, despite the fact they did not offer any data on the illicit trade of raw tobacco.<ref>Expose Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/EPHA-Report.pdf Targeting the European Commission: The 7 Lobbying Techniques of Big Tobacco], pp. 12-13, Accessed 13 May 2021 </ref>

====Ireland====
BAT is accusing the Ireland's tobacco regulator of “inaction,” in investigating its competitors' possible exploitation of menthol ban loopholes. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.vapingpost.com/2021/12/08/bat-complains-about-delay-in-menthol-ban-related-investigation/ BAT Complains About Delay in Menthol Ban-Related Investigation], ''The Vaping Post'', 8 December 2021, 8 February 2022 </ref> 

====Japan====
British American Tobacco Japan is demanding a higher tax on cigarettes as part of Japan’s fiscal 2022 tax system reform. The company has submitted the request in writing to a group of lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/11/04/business/corporate-business/tobacco-tax/ In unusual move, tobacco-maker requests higher tax on cigarettes], ''Japan Times'', 4 November 2021, Accessed 6 December 2021 </ref>

====Kazakhstan====
Kazakhstan’s authorities proposed changes to heated cigarette marketing and packaging regulation in the Eurasian Economic Union. The authorities proposal to the Union included an increase to the size of inscriptions and pictures warning about the dangers of smoking from 50 to 65 percent. The Russian Ministry of Health has also made similar recommendations. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4760485 Россия и Казахстан предложили включить нагреваемый табак в техрегламент ЕАЭС], ''Kommersant'', 5 April 2021, Accessed 10 May 2021 </ref> According to Forbes Russia, manufacturers disagree with the proposed changes and some sources argue that this step may lead towards halting heated cigarette production in these countries. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.forbes.ru/newsroom/biznes/425375-proizvodstvo-stikov-dlya-iqos-i-glo-v-rossii-okazalos-pod-ugrozoy-iz-za Производство стиков для IQOS и glo в России оказалось под угрозой из-за нового регулирования], ''Forbes Russia'', 5 April 2021, Accessed 10 May 2021 </ref>

====Kenya====
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. 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> [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>

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>

Researchers have previously suggested British American Tobacco has undue influence over the Kenyan government and is in breach of the WHO tobacco convention. The company has been accused of intimidation and interference in the country. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/mar/02/tobacco-industry-accused-intimidation-interference-kenya Tobacco industry accused of 'intimidation and interference' in Kenya], ''The Guardian'', 3 March 2015, Accessed 19 December 2018 </ref>

In July 2017, the Guardian revealed that in Kenya and Uganda, British American Tobacco sought to prevent the government from taking preventative measures against tobacco. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/http://stories.publiceye.ch/tobacco/ The blazing success of Swiss cigarettes in Africa], ''Public Eye'', January 2019, Accessed 10 July 2019 </ref> In 2019, the Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance called upon the National Treasury to investigate cigarette manufacturer British American Tobacco alliance over alleged tax avoidance. This followed a report by Tax Justice Network that revealed how British American Tobacco avoids taxes in low and middle-income countries, which is not in line with the World Health Organization recommendations for tobacco taxes to be raised up to 70 per cent. Chief Executive Officer for Consumer International Network, Samuel Ochieng, also mentioned BAT could be increasingly evading taxes since they allegedly bribed policy makers and KRA officials. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2019/05/cigarette-manufacturer-bat-on-the-spot-for-tax-avoidance/ Cigarette manufacturer BAT on the spot for tax avoidance], ''Capital Business'', 27 May 2019, Accessed 31 January 2020 </ref>

====Malawi====
The Ministry of Labour and Japan Tobacco International Malawi have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote provision of decent work that respects rights of workers. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://malawi24.com/2021/12/14/govt-signs-mou-with-jti-leaf-malawi/ Govt signs MoU with JTI Leaf Malawi], ''Malawi 24'', Accessed 8 February 2022</ref>

====Nigeria====
The British American Tobacco Nigeria has advocated the removal of non-tariff barriers within the West African region in a bid to ensure foreign exchange inflow is sustained. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://guardian.ng/business-services/bat-seeks-removal-of-export-barriers-to-sustain-119m-yearly-fx-inflow/ BAT seeks removal of export barriers to sustain $119m yearly FX inflow], ''The Guardian'', 2 November 2021, Accessed 6 December 2021</ref>

====Pakistan====
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood chaired a meeting with British American Tobacco. The chair acknowledged BAT’s contributions to Pakistan and assured the Area Director BAT of his and the Secretary’s full support in further facilitating exports. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.google.com/url?q=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/pakistan/2021-10-12/1894804&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1634171309748000&usg=AOvVaw1urOd_zrPmop7tl3S15KiE Article Title], ''Dunya'', 12 October 2021, Accessed 9 November 20221 </ref>

In 2018, [[Philip Morris International]] Inc and British American Tobacco Plc lobbied Pakistan’s government not to implement larger health warnings on cigarette packs. British American Tobacco, through its local subsidiary, also lobbied then Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi with a letter and met Pakistani officials, according to government documents and a review of the October 2017 correspondence. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-tobacco-insight/pakistan-diluted-proposed-tobacco-health-warnings-after-philip-morris-bat-lobbying-idUSKCN1IU11R Pakistan diluted proposed tobacco health warnings after Philip Morris, BAT lobbying], ''Reuters'', 29 May 2018, Accessed 19 December 2018 </ref>

In 2020 [[Philip Morris International]] and British American Tobacco allegedly manipulated a tender process to award a contract for tracing illicit cigarettes to their preferred company.<ref>Expose Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/CorruptionBrief.pdf The Issue Brief The Tobacco Industry and Corruption], 6 May 2021, p.14, Accessed 18 July 2021</ref>

====South Africa====
British American Tobacco SA, one of South Africa’s largest tobacco companies, has called on the government to introduce a new minimum price for cigarettes in the country. British American Tobacco SA said that a new floor price will help combat illegal suppliers and improve tax collection in the country. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://businesstech.co.za/news/lifestyle/536492/new-minimum-price-for-cigarettes-proposed-for-south-africa/ New minimum price for cigarettes proposed for South Africa], ''Business Tech'', 10 November 2021, Accessed 6 December 2021 </ref>

British American Tobacco allegedly negotiated bribe for Mugabe, new evidence reveals BBC Panorama joint investigation claims company involved in conspiracy to pay between $300,000 and $500,000 to former Zimbabwean leader’s party. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/bat-robert-mugabe-bbc-panorama-b1919207.html British American Tobacco allegedly negotiated bribe for Mugabe, new evidence reveals], ''The Independent'', 14 September 2021, Accessed 20 September 2021</ref>

British American Tobacco accused the Government of being “unreasonable and maintaining the cigarettes ban for ulterior purposes”. British American Tobacco warned that cigarette sales were likely to fall for the second quarter of 2020, with trade, consumer stocks and revenue growth taking a hit in the country but decided not to take legal action against the government over the ban of cigarette sales after initially saying it would head to court to have the ban overturned. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.enca.com/news/bat-wont-pursue-court-action-against-cigarettes-ban BAT won't pursue court action against cigarettes ban], ''ENCA'', 6 May 2020, Accessed 14 May 2020 </ref> 

Japan Tobacco International and British American Tobacco South Africa, together with The South Africa Tobacco Transformation Alliance (SATTA) claim the COVID-19 tobacco sale ban represented an unwarranted and unfair infringement of citizens’ rights. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://africatimes.com/2020/07/22/big-tobacco-accused-of-hypocrisy-over-south-africa-ban/https://africatimes.com/2020/07/22/big-tobacco-accused-of-hypocrisy-over-south-africa-ban/ Big Tobacco accused of hypocrisy over South Africa ban], ''Africa Times'', 22 July 2020, Accessed 24 August 2020 </ref>

The Fair-Trade Independent wrote to the South African Revenue Service and Department of Health asking that British American Tobacco be investigated over claims BATSA and some retailers had contravened the Tobacco Act by gifting mobile airtime vouchers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.news24.com/fin24/companies/tobacco-group-drags-fresh-batsa-into-a-fresh-legal-storm-20210601 Tobacco group drags BATSA into a fresh legal storm], ''News 24'', 1 June 2021, Accessed 10 July 2021</ref>

====Switzerland====
British American Tobacco invited the press to a meet & greet with the company’s Swiss CEO Mads Larsen and Austrian professor, Bernd Mayer. Mayer spoke about the “benefits of e-cigarettes as an alternative for smokers”. Two parliamentarians were also in attendance.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.letemps.ch/economie/bat-simmisce-debat-lecigarette BAT s’immisce dans le débat sur l’e-cigarette ], ''Le Temps'', 27 November 2019, Accessed 15 December 2019</ref>

====Uganda====
British American Tobacco asked the Ugandan government to lift a ban on e-cigarettes as it sought growth opportunities in a tough business environment. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/BAT-Uganda-wants-e-cigarette-ban-lifted/2560-5476804-tbq6a7/index.html BAT Uganda wants ban on e-cigarettes lifted], The East African, 3 March 2020, Accessed 15 March 2020</ref>

In July 2017, the Guardian revealed that British American Tobacco in Kenya and Uganda sought to prevent the government from taking preventative measures against tobacco. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/http://stories.publiceye.ch/tobacco/The blazing success of Swiss cigarettes in Africa], ''Public Eye'', January 2019, Accessed 10 July 2019 </ref>

====Ukraine====
The British Tobacco International Tobacco Corporation has been accused of optimizing taxes in Ukraine. In particular, in the design of salespeople, consultants and experts not as full-time employees, but FOPs. This is stated in the investigation of journalist Eugene Plinsky on YouTube. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/styler/mezhdunarodnuyu-tabachnuyu-kompaniyu-obvinili-1634971222.html Міжнародну тютюнову компанію звинуватили в оптимізації податків в Україні: в чому причина], ''RBC'', 23 October 2021, Accessed 9 November 2021</ref>

In 2019 The Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine fined cigarette manufacturers and distributors, including [[Philip Morris]], JTI Ukraine, [[Imperial Tobacco]], British American Tobacco, as well as the Tedis-Ukraine distributor, who appealed the decision of the Antimonopoly Committee for a fine of UAH 6.5 billion (USD 265 million). The AMCU claimed there was a producers' conspiracy to prevent new potential participants from entering the tobacco distribution market. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://korrespondent.net/business/companies/4148556-tabachnye-kompanyy-budut-sudytsia-s-amku-yz-za-shtrafa-v-65-mlrd-hrn Табачные компании будут судиться с АМКУ из-за штрафа в 6,5 млрд грн], ''Korrespondent'', 10 October 2019, Accessed 26 November 2019 </ref>

====United Kingdom====
[[Philip Morris International]], [[British American Tobacco]], [[Japan Tobacco International]], [[Imperial Brands]] and Juul are all members of the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA), the United Kingdom's leading forum for supporting, developing and promoting the vaping industry. In March 2021, UKVIA issued a wide-ranging report recommending an easing of restrictions covering advertising, packaging and product sizes in the United Kingdom. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/vaping-firms-want-advert-rules-relaxed-3pk76j8mg Vaping firms want advert rules relaxed], ''The Times'', 16 March 2021, Accessed 21 April 2021 </ref>

The former MP Byron Davies held a reception with British American Tobacco in a parliamentary dining room in November 2016. Craig Mackinlay, a Conservative MP, hosted a roundtable for the Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association in October 2016. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/29/tory-and-dup-mps-criticised-wining-dining-tobacco-firms Tory and DUP MPs criticised for ‘wining and dining’ tobacco firms], ''The Guardian'', 29 November 2017, Accessed 12 February 2020 </ref>  CTF Partners, owned by Lynton Crosby, is a registered lobbyist for British American Tobacco on “issues impacting domestic tobacco industry”. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/why-is-johnsons-campaign-managers-firm-bragging-about-links-to-british-politicians/ Why is Johnson’s campaign manager’s firm bragging about links to British politicians?], ''Open Democracy'', 21 June 2019, Accessed 10 July 2019</ref> 2018 Freedom of information requests revealed that the U.K. Foreign Office and the Department for International Trade had been championing the interests of British American Tobacco in the past. This is despite the government being forced to draw up new guidelines for UK embassy staff after it emerged in 2012 that the UK ambassador had been lobbying the Panama government on behalf of the company. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/27/british-embassies-promote-tobacco-abroad-hypocrisy UK accused of hypocrisy on overseas tobacco control], ''The Guardian'', 28 January 2018, Accessed 4 December 2018 </ref>

====United States====
The California state legislature passed a ban on menthol cigarettes in August 2020, a move that followed weeks of lobbying by British American Tobacco. Menthol cigarettes had represented about a third of the USD 94 billion annual in-country cigarette market, and accounted for 55 percent of Reynolds American's cigarette sales by volume. <ref>Seeking Alpha, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://seekingalpha.com/news/3609878-bill-banning-menthol-tobacco-heads-to-california-governors-deskBill banning menthol tobacco heads to California governor's desk], 28 August 2020, Accessed 9 October 2020</ref>

Lobbying expenses reported in 2018:

{| class="wikitable"
!'''Lobbying Firm Hired || Amount <ref name="BAT_OS2019"> Open Secrets website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientlbs.php?id=D000067317&year=2019 Lobbyists representing British American Tobacco, 2019], Accessed 23 July 2019 </ref>|| Subsidiary (Lobbied For) {{r|BAT_OS2019|}} || Lobbyists Hired''' {{r|BAT_OS2019|}}'''
|-
| 10 Square Solutions || 30,000 || Reynolds American || Copher, Michael 
|-
| Aduston Consulting || 20,000 || Reynolds American || Gallant, Karl M
|-
| ATS Communications || 20,000 || Reynolds American || Silbey, Alex
|-
| Ballard Partners || 110,000 || Reynolds American || Ballard, Brian; Benn, Rebecca; Lukis, Sylvester; Mcfaul, Dan
|-
| BGR Group || 60,000 || Reynolds American || Barbour, Haley; Boyer, Dave; Stone, John
|-
| Capitol Counsel || 20,000 || Reynolds American || Boustany, Charles Jr; Eannello, Joseph; Olander, David; Raffaelli, John D
|-
| Coffee &amp; Assoc || 0 || Reynolds American || Coffee, Roy C; DiStefano, David
|-
| CTF Global || 5,000 || Reynolds American || Grossman, Lawrence C
|-
| DiStefano, David || 0 || Reynolds American || DiStefano, David
|-
| Greenberg Traurig LLP || 40,000 || Reynolds American || McKay, K Laurie; Phillips, Katie; Wynn, Albert R; Zausner, L Andrew
|-
| Guidepost Strategies || 60,000 || Reynolds American || Cox, Phil
|-
| Hecht, Latham et al || 40,000 || Reynolds American || Hecht, Timothy P;Latham, Tom; Phifer, Franklin C Jr
|-
| HR Strategies || 20,000 || Reynolds American || Hannegan, Timothy; Rosenbaum, Jerr
|-
| King &amp; Spalding || 10,000 || Reynolds American || Spulak, Thomas J
|-
| LeMunyon Group || 20,000 || Reynolds American || Lemunyon, Glenn B
|-
| Potomac Group || 30,000 || Reynolds American || Smith, G Wayne
|-
| Randall Davis Assoc || 10,000 || Reynolds American || Davis, Randall E
|-
| Reynolds American || 790,000 || Reynolds American || Anderson, Lakeitha; Haselwood, Rich L; Hogg, Jeffrey; Moon, Cara; Okereke, Flora
|-
| Robin, Tallon &amp; Assoc || 15,000 || Reynolds American || Tallon, Robin
|-
| Rowland Strategy Group || 45,000 || Reynolds American || Rowland, James A
|-
| Ruhlen Strategies || 30,000 || Reynolds American || Ruhlen, Stephen S
|-
| Smith-Free Group || 60,000 || Reynolds American || Deuser, Jon SR; Locke, W Timothy
|-
| The Policy Group || 0 || Reynolds American || Wall, Chris
|}

List of issues lobbied on in 2019 <ref> Open Secrets website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientissues.php?id=D000067317&year=2019 Issues, 2019], Accessed 23 July 2019 </ref>
{|
! Issue || Specific Issues || No. of Reports*
|-
| Tobacco || 21 || 22
|-
| Trade || 4 || 4
|-
| Health Issues || 4 || 4
|-
| Taxes || 3 || 3
|-
| Agriculture || 2 || 2
|-
| Fed Budget &amp; Appropriations || 2 || 2
|-
| Government Issues || 2 || 2
|-
| Homeland Security || 1 || 1
|}

Wall Street Journal reported British American Tobacco plans to challenge possible restrictions on menthol cigarettes in the United States and argue that a ban in Canada hasn’t reduced smoking rates. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.wsj.com/articles/newport-owner-bat-sets-out-defense-of-menthols-11551365314 Newport Owner BAT Sets Out Defense of Menthols], ''Wall Street Journal'', 28 February 2019, Accessed 21 April 2019 </ref>

====Uzbekistan====
British American Tobacco Uzbekistan spoke during hearings of the Uzbek Parliament against a complete ban on the import of smokeless tobacco products. The company representatives said the ban could adversely affect the company’s planned investment programs.<ref> Senat, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://senat.uz/ru/lists/view/3941 В предварительном порядке обсужден Закон Республики Узбекистан «Об ограничении распространения и потребления алкогольной и табачной продукции»], 2 February 2022, Accessed 6 March 2022</ref>

====Zimbabwe====
A joint investigation by the University of Bath, BBC Panorama and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveals surveillance contractor hired by British American Tobacco around 2012 is alleged to have brokered a bribe of USD 300-500K with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s ZanuPF party. <ref> Alon Aviram and Andy Rowell, Exposed Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://bat-uncovered.exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/STOP_Zimbabwe-Industry-Brief.pdf Robert Mugabe, British American Tobacco and a Brokered ‘Bribe’], September 2021, Accessed 8 February 2022 </ref>

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==References==
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<ref name="BAT_AR_2014">[http://www.bat.com/group/sites/uk__9d9kcy.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO9DCL3B/$FILE/medMD9UWNKU.pdf British American Tobacco website, 2014, ''Delivering today, Investing in tomorrow, Annual Report 2014''], Accessed 15 September, 2018</ref>
<ref name="BAT_AR_2015">[http://www.bat.com/group/sites/uk__9d9kcy.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO9DCL3B/$FILE/medMDA87PVT.pdf British American Tobacco website, 2015, ''Delivering today, Investing in tomorrow, Annual Report 2015''], Accessed 16 September, 2018</ref>
<ref name="BAT_AR_2017">[http://www.bat.com/group/sites/uk__9d9kcy.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO9DCL3B/$FILE/Annual_Report_and_Form_20-F_2017.pdf British American Tobacco website, 2017, ''Transforming Tobacco, Annual Report and Form 20-F 2017''], Accessed 16 September, 2018</ref>
<ref name="BAT_YE_2019">[http://www.bat.com/group/sites/uk__9d9kcy.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO9DCL3B/$FILE/medMDBM7CH7.pdf British American Tobacco website, 2019, ''BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT – YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019''], Accessed 11 March, 2020</ref>
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