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Andreas Vecchiet worked for British American Tobacco (BAT) from 1999 to 2010.1 Career in the Tobacco Industry Vecchiet started working for BAT in 1999 and held several leadership positions in the company, including:1 Australasia Area Director Corporate and Regulatory Affairs (2006-2010) Area Director, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, BAT Germany (2004-2006) Integration Manager, BAT Italia (2003-2004) Privatisation Manager,…

Amul Pandya worked for the Hands Off Our Packs campaign, which was run by Forest.8 Underlining the close links between Forest and the campaign, he said that he was a “researcher at Forest” on his LinkedIn profile.9 As of May 2012 he no longer worked for the Hands Off Our Packs campaign. He graduated…

At the beginning of the last century, the U.S. government started antitrust actions to prevent corporations to become to large and form monopolies. As a result American Tobacco sold its share in British American Tobacco (BAT). In 1994 BAT acquired its former parent, American Tobacco Company (though reorganized -again- after antitrust proceedings). This brought the Lucky Strike and…

The American European Community Association (AECA) was founded in 1981 by the British politician Roy Jenkins and the then chairman of Rothmans International Sir David Nicolson.10 According to a founding document11 sent to tobacco companies its objectives were to encourage free trade, the sharing of knowledge, political cooperation and closer cultural links. It would do…

https://www.australianretailers.com.au/ AAR website The Alliance of Australian Retailers (AAR) is a tobacco industry front group financed by Philip Morris,37 Imperial Tobacco and British American Tobacco (BAT). It was set up to oppose the Government’s introduction of plain packaging in Australia, and operated by the Melbourne-based public relations firm The Civic Group (TCG). This…

Alison Cooper was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Imperial Tobacco in May 2010.49 She succeeded Gareth Davis. On 3 October 2019, it was announced that Cooper would step down “once a suitable successor is found”.50 The announcement came after the company issued a profit warning that reduced the company’s anticipated revenue growth.51…

Alec Shelbrooke has been the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Elmet and Rothwell (West Yorkshire, England) since May 2010. Relationship with the Tobacco Industry Accepted Tobacco Hospitality In 2013 Shelbrooke accepted two tickets to the Chelsea Flower show worth £1,260 from Japan Tobacco International (JTI).60 For more information on the tobacco industry tactic to offer hospitality to…

Aidan Burley was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England (2010 – 2015).61 Relationship with the Tobacco industry Accepted Tobacco Hospitality In 2014, Burley accepted two tickets and associated hospitality for the Men’s final at Wimbledon on 6 July 2014, valued at £1,600 in total, from Imperial Tobacco.62 In August 2011, Burley…

Adrian Marshall is a former British American Tobacco (BAT) executive. Marshall was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nicoventures, a BAT subsidiary set up to develop non-tobacco nicotine products, from 2010 to 2013.6667 In July 2013, Marshall left Nicoventures. He briefly headed the Scientific Products Division of UK-based independent e-cigarette manufacturer Gamucci68,…

The Adam Smith Institute (ASI) describes itself “one of the world’s leading think tanks”. It’s website states that: “The Institute is today at the forefront of making the case for free markets and a free society in the United Kingdom”.75 The free-market think tank has strongly opposed the regulation of smoking and there is evidence that it has accepted…