Health campaigners have criticised the British American Tobacco (BAT) buyout of US firm Reynolds, which was approved by shareholders of both companies on the same day . The move is also expected to speed up the development of e-cigarettes and vapes. The move, which will establish the world’s largest tobacco firm, came on the same day that Guardian released a report into the actions of tobacco companies which are fighting anti-smoking laws across the world. BAT was eight of the companies implicated in a recent the World Health Organization investigation into attempts by tobacco companies to undermine smoking regulation in eight American countries.
Health campaigners have criticised the British American Tobacco (BAT) buyout of US firm Reynolds, which was approved by shareholders of both companies on the same day . The move, which will establish the world’s largest tobacco firm, came on the same day that Guardian released a report into the actions of tobacco companies which are fighting anti-smoking laws across the world. BAT was eight of the companies implicated in a recent the World Health Organization investigation into attempts by tobacco companies to undermine smoking regulation in eight American countries.