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New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly products.

Big Tobacco’s profit addiction needs a quit plan

New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly produc

Snuffed: Tobacco companies claim their smokeless nicotine chewing gum and similar products are a healthy alternative to smoking cigarettes – but they aren’t.

BAT and Philip Morris see rise in sale of smokeless products

But regardless of whether it is sniffed, sucked or chewed, the plant is still bad for people’s health

South Africa promised to make laws that will clamp down on advertising of tobacco products to stop people from picking up smoking. Now the tobacco industry has new tactics to get around ad bans. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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…

Up in smoke: The open display of tobacco and e-cigarettes, as well as the sale of ‘loosies’, will not be allowed under the new legislation if it is passed. (Michele Spatari/Getty Images)

‘Draconian’ bill will kill legal tobacco industry

Tobacco growers, processors and manufacturers say they will be the ones to pay the highest price if the new law is passed

Cigarette and vaping manufacturers, informal traders, taverns and restaurants are worried proposed new bans will devastate businesses. (Getty Images)

Tobacco bill will ignite illicit trade, business warns

Cigarette and vaping manufacturers, informal traders, taverns and restaurants are worried proposed new bans will devastate businesses

A bust of illegal cigarettes. (Photo: TimesLIVE)

What’s behind the Big Tobacco job cuts? A guide to SA’s illegal trade after Covid

British American Tobacco says 200 workers will be out of a job soon but public health researchers argue they’re using misleading figures to back retrenchments

Corrupt practices? Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s swearing-in ceremony in 2013. It is alleged that Brigadier General Asher
Walter Tapfumaneyi facilitated BAT’s proposal to pay a bribe to Mugabe shortly before his re-election. (Alexander Joe)

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

BAT said developed markets remained relatively resilient despite the pandemic, but the health crisis has seen supply chain restrictions negatively affect sales in Canada, Mexico and — as a result of a five-month tobacco trading ban — South Africa.

Alternatives to cigarettes boost BAT results amid Covid-19 dip in demand

The world’s number two tobacco company sees three million new consumers for its noncombustible options

Tobacco products have been banned since Cyril Ramaphosa announced the nationwide lockdown. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Profit vs pandemic: British American Tobacco’s Covid-19 stunt

The tyranny of the markets is evident, with the cigarette company exemplifying this through its bid to weaken the government’s measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus

Where there’s smoke: An investigation by anti-tobacco nonprofit the  Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids found companies were paying young influencers to secretly advertise cigarettes on social media. (Instagram)

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?

Confronted with the evidence of a prevalence of underage tobacco use, the Nigerian government has expressed outrage and has continued to make pronouncements without much action. (Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde)

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

US giant Philip Morris International, whose Marlboro brand was long associated with Ferrari, re-entered the sport last October. (Gallo Images)

No smoke without fire: Tobacco companies in quiet return to Formula One

​Tobacco giants Philip Morris and British American Tobacco have formed partnerships with scientific research subsidiaries and Formula 1 teams

Mergers and acquisitions are directly affected by business confidence, which is influenced by, among many other things, who is the president of the country

Mergers and acquisitions in a tough economic time

Often, owners of struggling businesses agree gladly to being bought out

New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly products.

Tobacco ‘epidemic’ in Africa fuelled by fewer filters

Cigarette consumption in Africa rose by 40% between 1990 and 2012

The law

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.

Law suits stoke anger over tobacco brands

Law suits stoke anger over tobacco brands

The world’s biggest tobacco company have gone to court in order to prevent the Australian government from forcing them to sell in unbranded packets.

Show me the money

Show me the money

Difficult economic times are seeing employers negotiating a myriad of challenges, including demands for salary increases and better packages.

Tobacco firm to challenge anti-smoking law

British American Tobacco SA has launched a court challenge to anti-smoking legislation, the National Council Against Smoking said on Wednesday.

BAT eyes Asia boost from $494m Indonesia deal

British American Tobacco (BAT) bought a majority stake in a top Indonesian cigarette firm on Wednesday.