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Does South Africa’s new tobacco bill have enough teeth to thwart F1 sprints on TV?
Tobacco ads have been banned in many countries for years, but Big Tobacco is finding ways to get around the rules — like partnering with Formula 1 to punt their new products to a…
Council wants Hawks, SIU probe into BAT’s Zimbabwe scandal
The cigarette maker has been accused of giving up to $500 000 in bribes and spying on competitors
British American Tobacco agents brokered Mugabe bribe proposal
Proposed bribe to Zanu-PF was co-ordinated by South African private security company FSS
Sars plan for illicit tobacco still being refined
Meanwhile, billions of illegal cigarettes are flooding the informal markets as lockdown regulations are lifted at last
A new smoke signal: Is Big Tobacco using influencers to illegally punt new products?
Could companies’ wooing of social media influencers be just a clever ploy to get around the country’s tobacco advertising ban?
We must act now to save Nigeria’s generation of ‘tobacco babies’
Muzzled by stringent laws and diligent implementation in the West, the tobacco industry has turned its sights to sub-Saharan Africa
Mergers and acquisitions in a tough economic time
Often, owners of struggling businesses agree gladly to being bought out
Tobacco ‘epidemic’ in Africa fuelled by fewer filters
Cigarette consumption in Africa rose by 40% between 1990 and 2012
Big Tobacco in bed with SA law enforcement agencies
A probe into the tobacco industry can show how two companies have used their resources to influence SA state agencies to protect their interests.
British American Tobacco: Sin still sells, in SA and abroad
Lower volumes do little to hurt British American Tobacco’s profits and the demand for its shares.
Show me the money
Difficult economic times are seeing employers negotiating a myriad of challenges, including demands for salary increases and better packages.