Tobacco Giant's "School Of Cool" Recruits Young Smokers
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Tobacco (BAT) executives gather today to celebrate a "good year" at their annual shareholders' meeting in London. But health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) believes the company is profiting from a new generation of young smo
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Rock set to ban `light' cigarettesOTTAWA - Health Minister Allan Rock is set to ban cigarette makers from using what he says are misleading words such as light and mild on their packaging.
read more ...08/13/01
Imperial profits fired from overseasLONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Britain's Imperial
Tobacco Group Plc lit up a 23 percent rise in annual profits driven by booming overseas sales, while UK growth was stubbed out by hefty duty rises and increased cigarette smuggling.
read more ...11/29/99
Tobacco-bat LondonFollowing the takeover of Rothmans, BAT said its three UK factories had a combined production capacity some 50 percent higher than demand in their UK and export markets.
read more ...11/02/99
Court okays Wills , Rothmans mergerThe Supreme Court of New South Wales on Monday approved the merger of
tobacco manufacturers W.D. & H.O. Wills Holdings Ltd and Rothmans Holdings Ltd.
read more ...08/22/99