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02.02.23

Big Tobacco

Waitrose becomes first UK supermarket to stop selling disposable vapes

Move comes after Bureau's reporting into the environmental impact of single-use vape products

18.12.22

Big Tobacco

Quarter of a million children in Lima exposed to cigarette advertising near school

Crowdsourced data from across Lima shows splashy displays of cigarettes placed next to sweets, chocolates and soda

15.12.22

Big Tobacco

Lithium being trashed by the tonne as disposable vapes flood the US market

Five devices per second are thrown away by 15- to 24-year-olds despite containing reusable batteries

07.10.22

Big Tobacco

A US farmer was accused of abusing his workers. Then Big Tobacco backed his election

Reynolds American has pumped a thousands of dollars into the campaigns of a local politician with anti-union agenda

A man with an Iqos smoking device

28.08.22

Big Tobacco

Philip Morris misleading the public about nicotine in heated tobacco

Tobacco giant claims there is 0.5mg of nicotine in an Iqos stick but research by the Bureau reveals the actual figure is eight times higher

25.08.22

Big Tobacco

Pastor offered $250,000 to oppose menthol cigarette ban

Tobacco giant RJ Reynolds attempted to influence the menthol debate via Black-led organisations, which are often in desperate need of more funds

A mechanical claw picking up waste in a landfill

15.07.22

Big Tobacco

Rise of single-use vapes sending tonnes of lithium to landfill

Vital metal going unrecycled as disposable e-cigarettes are binned in their millions

31.05.22

Big Tobacco

Big Tobacco firms advertising on schools’ doorsteps

Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco accused of exploiting legal "loophole" around advertising

25.04.22

Big Tobacco

Paid protesters, free lunches and backroom chats: Inside the menthol lobbying machine

Menthol cigarette makers have tried to stoke fears among Black smokers as part of a campaign against legislation at a federal, state and even city level

02.11.21

Big Tobacco

‘Impossible to enforce’: Big Tobacco exploiting loopholes in European menthol ban

Japan Tobacco International has been able to work around 2020 ban intended to prevent young people from taking up cigarettes

14.09.21

Big Tobacco

Smoke Screen: BAT, bribes and spies in the tobacco industry

A joint investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC Panorama and the University of Bath has unearthed thousands of leaked documents that reveal a wide-scale corporate espionage operat...

13.09.21

Big Tobacco

Smoke Screen: BAT’s agents brokered Zimbabwe bribe proposal

A joint investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC Panorama and the University of Bath reveals British American Tobacco (BAT) was linked to a conspiracy to pay a bribe of between $30...

25.04.21

Big Tobacco

Tobacco giant JTI placing stealth adverts for its brands on Facebook and Instagram

The company has been running disguised adverts for its brands, enabling it to bypass social media site rules and national laws on marketing of cigarettes to teenagers and young people

21.02.21

Big Tobacco

BAT’s PR agency tried to bribe Bureau’s Kenyan reporter

An employee of a Kenyan PR agency working for British American Tobacco (BAT) offered a bribe to a journalist to leak details of the Bureau’s investigation into how the company has targeted young non-s...

21.02.21

Big Tobacco

New products, old tricks? Concerns Big Tobacco is targeting youngsters

The Bureau has found British American Tobacco has attracted a new generation of non-smokers to addictive tobacco and nicotine products marketed as trendy and aspirational

25.05.20

Big Tobacco

Big Tobacco use menthol cigarette ban to promote rival products

Big Tobacco has launched new menthol flavours of alternative tobacco and nicotine products in the run up to the menthol ban

04.05.20

Big Tobacco

Underage vaping spikes in the north of England

Data analysed by the Bureau shows that more than a fifth of 15-year-olds in Yorkshire and the Humber regularly vape

30.03.20

Big Tobacco

Big Tobacco criticised for 'coronavirus publicity stunt' after donating ventilators

The world's largest multinational tobacco company PMI has donated 50 ventilators to hospitals fighting coronavirus in Greece

20.03.20

Big Tobacco

Public Health England paid group linked to Big Tobacco

The New Nicotine Alliance, which calls itself an independent body campaigning for alternatives to cigarettes, has extensive links to a group set up by Philip Morris International

20.03.20

Big Tobacco

PMI sidesteps global health treaty to lobby councils

The world's largest multinational tobacco company offered to work with local authorities and schools, despite rules designed to prevent industry influence on public health policy

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