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South Africa’s illicit cigarette trade pushes Batsa to end local production
15 Jan 2026 12:42 GMT
Tobacco company British American Tobacco South Africa (Batsa) has announced … 75% of the South African cigarette market now estimated to be illicit … they create. With the illicit industry’s current size and scale …
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State health insurance agency loses damages suit against major tobacco companies on appeal
15 Jan 2026 14:33 GMT
… ;G, Philip Morris Korea and British American Tobacco Korea.
In 2014, the … against the top three tobacco companies by market share at the time … least 20 years of smoking 20 or more cigarettes a day.
In …
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Death threats, thick snow and 268 miles of pain — Britain’s most brutal race
15 Jan 2026 13:59 GMT
… more sinister. On Saturday, the British runner Sarah Porter was pulled … work with her InspiredMinds AI business has led to her helping … told Hayday-Brown that the “Britain’s most brutal race” … by the organiser lighting a cigarette at an unspecified time.
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Spaniards are devouring ultra-processed foods at an alarming rate – and even starting to catch up with the UK
15 Jan 2026 11:35 GMT
… average (27%), while in the UK UPFs now account for 50% … to dub UPFs ‘the new smoking’.
Spain is regularly ranked as … and the environment.
Experts advise marketing restrictions, especially adverts directed at …
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BAT South Africa to shut cigarette plant as illicit trade squeezes legal market
15 Jan 2026 11:28 GMT
Located in Heidelberg, in the Gauteng province, the facility currently operates at just 35% of total capacity due to severe volume losses, directly attributable to the exponential growth of the illicit tobacco trade in South Africa, the unit of British …
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‘We never recovered from 2020 tobacco ban’ – BAT closes sole SA operation
15 Jan 2026 11:00 GMT
By the end of 2026, British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) will close … 75% of the South African cigarette market now estimated to be illicit … illegal cigarette trade.
The company has also pointed to “the unconstitutional 2020 Tobacco …
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Big Tobacco beats Korea's national health insurer. Again.
15 Jan 2026 10:57 GMT
… ;G, Philip Morris Korea and British American Tobacco Korea, among others.
“The … in November 2020.
Smokers gather at a smoking zone on May 29 … also argued that failing to produce cigarettes with reduced nicotine content, as …
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Illicit cigarette trade extinguishes British American Tobacco in SA
15 Jan 2026 10:39 GMT
… smokers following an announcement that cigarette giant British American Tobacco … London and Johannesburg will see the group not manufacturing cigarettes … smoking laws will drive illicit tobacco market, warns industry … Policy decisions
The company has also …
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BAT to shut down only SA plant in major pullback as illegal cigarettes flood the market
15 Jan 2026 09:57 GMT
… via LinkedIn
British American Tobacco (BAT) … cigarettes.
The decision by the London- and Johannesburg-listed company … market.
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On Wednesday the company, which produces … with the tobacco industry dates back …
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Business would benefit from a switch to a simple Land Value Tax
15 Jan 2026 09:55 GMT
… : the main point of taxing cigarettes is to make them more … why any reduction the UK Government makes to Business Rates will simply … charge as much as the market will tolerate. This makes it … the UK’s net wealth (£13.1 trillion) is in “non-produced …