Fighting the black market
BAT's world vs the world of the criminal black market
The illegal trade in tobacco is a global problem that cheats governments out of some £30 billion each year in taxes. It also puts consumers at risk by flooding the market with unregulated and often sub-standard products, and criminals actively market and sell tobacco products to children.
Surely it’s better to have a legitimate, regulated industry that operates to the highest standards of corporate conduct, than a criminal black market.
Find out how British American Tobacco compares to this criminal black market, and what the company is doing to fight it by going to the website.