Tag: BAT
BAT Sues PMI on Grounds That IQOS Technology Infringed its Patents
BAT said that in the US, it filed two patent infringement claims against PMI, one via the International Trade Commission (ITC) and one in...
BAT: Potential COVID-19 Plant Based Vaccine Ready for Human Trials
Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP), an American subsidiary of the British tobacco company BAT, has been working on a potential vaccine against COVID-19. Last month, BAT...
BAT Unveils Business Strategy Focusing on Alternative Products
The new corporate goal to build “A Better Tomorrow” includes a 1 billion pounds ($1.24 billion) cost-saving and investment plan and promises to reduce...
UK: BAT Promoting E-Cigarettes Despite Ads Ban
In line with the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), Rule 22.12 of the UK CAP Code forbids the promotion of unlicensed nicotine-containing e-cigarettes in...
BAT Says COVID-19 Outbreak Has Not Affected Cigarette Sales
“We don’t see any change in patterns of consumption of cigarettes because of COVID-19,“ said Chief Executive Officer Jack Bowles, via webcast at the...
BAT Subsidiary Working on Potential COVID-19 Vaccine
Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP), an American subsidiary of the British tobacco company BAT, is working on a potential vaccine against COVID-19, it was announced in...
Hungary: A Predicted Drop in E-Liquid Prices
Coming into effect on the 1st of March, a lower excise tax on nicotine-containing e-liquids has dropped prices from HUF 55 per ml, to...
BAT raises cigarette prices in Kenya
Last November, the Finance Act 2019 raised excise duty charged on cigarettes by 14.1%. The levy per mille (thousand sticks) on filtered cigarettes rose...
UK: E-Cig Businesses Banned from Advertising on Instagram
In line with the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), Rule 22.12 of the UK CAP Code forbids the promotion of unlicensed nicotine-containing e-cigarettes in...
BAT Banned From Advertising its E-Cigs on Instagram
Last week, the ASA directed BAT to remove all ads related to Vype on Instagram, including some influencers' accounts. The decision came after the...
