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! style="font-weight:bold;width=10%" |Organization/Company
! style="font-weight:bold;width=10%" |Tobacco company relationship
! style="font-weight:bold;width=20%" |Relationship type
! style="font-weight:bold;width=20%" |Evidence of past or present formalized relationship 
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|Consumer Choice Center
|Lobbying 
|MBritish American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco International are funding an anti-regulatory, libertarian-leaning organization, Consumer Choice Center, that is working to restrict global Covid-19 vaccine access. CCC is mobilizing to defeat a proposal at the World Trade Organization to suspend intellectual property rules related to Covid-19 tests, treatments and vaccines. <ref> In These Times, [https://inthesetimes.com/article/tobacco-industry-consumer-choice-center-wto-trips-waiver-vaccines-intellectual-property Big Tobacco Is Funding Opposition to Global Covid Vaccine Access], 10 June 2022, Accessed 22 </ref>
|2022
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|National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
|Research
| BAT Belarus presented the results of a study on the attitude of smokers to nicotine-containing products and the economic aspects of switching toheated cigarettes. The study was conducted by the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and commissioned by BAT Belarus. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://primepress.by/news/kompanii/bat_belarus_predstavila_itogi_issledovaniya_ob_otnoshenii_kuryashchikh_k_nikotinsoderzhashchim_izdel-38472/  «БАТ Беларусь» представила итоги исследования об отношении курящих к никотинсодержащим изделиям и экономических аспектах перехода на RRP], ''Prime Press'', 8 October 2021, Accessed 9 November 2021 </ref>
|2021
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|Lexaria Bioscience Corp
| R&D
|Lexaria Bioscience announced that it has entered a research and development framework agreement with British American Tobacco to investigate Lexaria's technology for potential use in nicotine products. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lexaria-bioscience-announces-r-d-200100453.html Lexaria Bioscience Announces R&D Agreement With British American Tobacco], ''Yahoo!'', 1 September 2020, Accessed 8 September 2020 </ref>
|2020
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|Boond Solar
|Contractor
|British American Tobacco has contracted Boond Engineering Bangladesh (Boond Solar) to develop a 1.75 MW solar project in its premises in Bangladesh. <ref> Saura Energy, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.saurenergy.com/solar-energy-news/bat-planning-solar-plant-in-bangladesh-boond-solar-awarded-contract BAT Planning Solar Plant in Bangladesh; Boond Solar Awarded Contract], 2 September 2020, Accessed 8 October 2020</ref>
|2020
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|Kinaxis
|Contractor
|British American Tobacco selected Kinaxis as its supply chain planning partner in September 2019. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bat-selects-kinaxis-enhance-global-110000477.html BAT Selects Kinaxis to Enhance Global Supply Chain Agility], ''Yahoo Finance'', 26 September 2019, Accessed 9 March 2020 </ref>
|2019
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|Cravath, Swaine & Moore
|Litigation
| Six top law firms have advised on British American Tobacco’s mega-buyout of Reynolds American. According to official announcements from BAT and Reynolds, the law firms and other reports, the legal advisers to various groups involved in the deal are: Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Herbert Smith Freehills; Jones Day; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Moore & Van Allen; and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. <ref name="BAT_AUSL"> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.australasianlawyer.com.au/news/six-law-firms-act-on-british-american-tobaccos-us49b-takeover-of-reynolds-american-229846.aspxSix law firms act on British American Tobacco’s US$49b takeover of Reynolds American], ''Australasian Lawyer'', January 2017, Accessed 21 October 2018 </ref>     
|2017
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|Shearn Delamore & Co.
|Litigation
| Law firm for British American Tobacco Malaysia. <ref name="BAT_TI"> Tobacco Industry Watch website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://tobaccowatch.seatca.org/index.php/fact-figure/tobacco-industry/ti-supporter/law-firms/ Lawyers and Law Firms], Accessed 28 December 2018 </ref>     
|2018
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|Wong & Partners] (Baker & McKenzie International)
|Litigation
|Law firm for British American Tobacco Malaysia.{{r|BAT_TI}}   
|2018      
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|De Borja Marasigan Allado Law Partnership
|Litigation
|Law firm for British American Tobacco Philippines.{{r|BAT_TI}}   
|2018       
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|Herbert Smith Freehills
|Litigation
| Herbert Smith Freehills advised their long-standing client British American Tobacco on a recommended offer to acquire the remaining 57.8 percent of Reynolds it does not already own, which at the time amounted to a value of USD 49.4 billion. <ref> Herbert Smith Freehills, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/news/herbert-smith-freehills-advises-british-american-tobacco-on-its-us494-billion-acquisition-of-0 HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS ADVISES BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO ON ITS US$49.4 BILLION ACQUISITION OF REYNOLDS AND US$25 BILLION ACQUISITION FACILITIES], January 2017, Accessed 21 October 2018 </ref>
|2018
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|[Jones Day
|Litigation
| Six top law firms have advised on British American Tobacco’s mega-buyout of Reynolds American. According to official announcements from BAT and Reynolds, the law firms and other reports, the legal advisers to various groups involved in the deal are: Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Herbert Smith Freehills; Jones Day; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Moore & Van Allen; and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.{{r|BAT_AUSL}} 
|2017
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|Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
|Litigation
| Six top law firms have advised on British American Tobacco’s mega-buyout of Reynolds American. According to official announcements from BAT and Reynolds, the law firms and other reports, the legal advisers to various groups involved in the deal are: Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Herbert Smith Freehills; Jones Day; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Moore & Van Allen; and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.{{r|BAT_AUSL}} 
|2017
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|Moore & Van Allen
|Litigation
| Herbert Smith Freehills advised their long-standing client British American Tobacco on a recommended offer to acquire the remaining 57.8 percent of Reynolds it does not already own, which at the time amounted to a value of USD49.4 billion. <ref> Herbert Smith Freehills,[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/news/herbert-smith-freehills-advises-british-american-tobacco-on-its-us494-billion-acquisition-of-0HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS ADVISES BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO ON ITS US$49.4 BILLION ACQUISITION OF REYNOLDS AND US$25 BILLION ACQUISITION FACILITIES], January 2017, Accessed 28 October 2018 </ref>
|2017
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|Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
|Litigation
| Six top law firms have advised on British American Tobacco’s mega-buyout of Reynolds American. According to official announcements from BAT and Reynolds, the law firms and other reports, the legal advisers to various groups involved in the deal are: Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Herbert Smith Freehills; Jones Day; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Moore & Van Allen; and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.{{r|BAT_AUSL}}
|2017
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|KPMG
|Research, Auditing
| In 2022, British American Tobacco paid GBP 330,395 payable to KPMG LLP for the audit of the Group and Company’s annual
financial statement in 2021. <ref>British American Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5960B_3-2022-2-14.pdf B.A.T. International finance p.l.c], 14 February 2022, p.15, Accessed 15 February 2022 </ref>

British American Tobacco list KPMG as its external auditors in its 2019 annual report. The company was paid over GBP 24 million. <ref>British American Tobacco, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200803071634/https:/www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOAWWGJT/%24file/BAT_Annual_Report_and_Form_20-F_2019.pdf ANNUAL REPORT AND FORM 20-F 2019], pp.85-86, Accessed 18 May 2021</ref>


A KPMG conducted a study for British American Tobacco, [[Imperial Brands|Imperial Tobacco]], [[Japan Tobacco International]] and [[Philip Morris International]] that revealed one in every ten cigarettes consumed in the European Union in 2013 were illicit. <ref> Japan Tobacco International, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.jti.com/our-views/newsroom/one-ten-cigarettes-consumed-eu-2013-were-illegal-dramatic-rise-consumption One in Ten Cigarettes Consumed in the EU in 2013 Were Illegal; Dramatic Rise in Consumption of ‘Illicit Whites’], June 2014, Accessed 21 October 2018 </ref> 

KPMG LLP was appointed as the Group Auditors for British American Tobacco in March 2015 and their appointment was confirmed by shareholders at the 2015 AGM. <ref> British American Tobacco website, [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.bat.com/group/sites/uk__9d9kcy.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO9DCL3B/$FILE/medMDA87PVT.pdf Annual Report 2015], p. 46, Accessed 16 November 2018 </ref>
|2014
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|EY
|Audit
| British American Tobacco hired EY to conduct an independent review of the company's sustainability data. <ref> British American Tobacco website, [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.bat.com/group/sites/uk__9d9kcy.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO9DKF6T/$FILE/medMDAXGJNP.pdf?openelement INDEPENDENT SUSTAINABILITY ASSURANCE 2017], Accessed 12 November 2018 </ref>
Fees: 
2018: GBP 18,000 <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> 
2017: GBP 15,000 {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=105}}
|2017
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|Deloitte
|Consulting
| Deloitte provides British American Tobacco with general advice on remuneration matters including: market trends and comparator group analysis; policy review and shareholder engagement perspectives; and independent measurement of the relative TSR performance conditions{{r|BAT_AR2019|p=105}}
Fees: 

2018: GBP 136,700 {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=105}}
2017: GBP 86,000 {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=105}}
|2018
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-|OBX
-|Funding
-|The Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce has a partnership with British American Tobacco Nigeria. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://tribuneonlineng.com/nbcc-seeks-to-renew-collaboration-with-bat-nigeria/ NBCC Seeks To Renew Collaboration With BAT Nigeria], ''Tribune'', 7 September 2022, Accessed 24 September 2022 </ref>
-|2022
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-|The Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce
-|Lobbying
-|OBX received strategic investment from Btomorrow Ventures. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://nutraceuticalbusinessreview.com/news/article_page/OBX_receives_strategic_investment_from_Btomorrow_Ventures/203702 OBX receives strategic investment from Btomorrow Ventures], ''Nutraceutical Business Review'', 22 September 2022, Accessed 24 September 2022 </ref>
-|2022
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 |Consumer Choice Center