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British American Tobacco PLC

  • Friday, 13 June, 2025
    LexTobacco
    Big Tobacco stock rally reveals uncomfortable truth

    Smokeless products may well be Big Tobacco’s future, but it is clear where the cash is coming from

    Premium content
    Cartons of Marlboro cigarettes
  • Tuesday, 10 June, 2025
    Tobacco
    Vaping growth falters as Big Tobacco hunts for lifeline

    Sales of legal e-cigarettes are losing momentum as consumers turn to alternatives and regulation saps demand

    Visitors in front of the Vaper Expo sign at the NEC in Birmingham, England in May 2024
  • Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
    British American Tobacco signals return to US profit growth this year

    Cigarette maker says demand for nicotine pouches has boosted sales

    Nicotine pouches at a convenience store in New York, US
  • Tuesday, 18 February, 2025
    Investment research
    It’s getting so bad on the sell-side, even BAT pays for its own research

    There’s no smoke without IR

  • Sunday, 16 February, 2025
    BAT boss in line for up to £18mn pay deal as UK looks to close gap with US

    Tadeu Marroco will receive maximum if cigarette maker hits certain targets and share price rises 50%

    Tadeu Marroco
  • Thursday, 13 February, 2025
    BAT shares fall sharply after £6.2bn provision for Canadian litigation

    Lucky Strike maker warns of ‘headwinds’ from higher duty in Bangladesh and new Australian rules

    X-ray of lung showing cancer
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    News in-depthTobacco
    Nicotine pouches prove a hit but come under increasing scrutiny

    Flavoured sachets have soared in popularity with biggest tobacco companies moving in

    nicotine pouches for sale
  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    Tobacco
    Tobacco groups near C$32.5bn settlement over long-running Canadian lawsuit

    British American Tobacco, Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco close to resolving class action suit

    Two men sitting on a bench, smoking
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Tobacco
    Slow burn: will regulators snuff out growth of heated tobacco?

    Popular alternative to traditional cigarettes faces EU flavouring ban and US approval delays

    A man holds Philip Morris's Iqos 3 device, with smoke visible, during its launch event in Tokyo, Japan, on October 23, 2018.
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    The Aesthete
    The Aesthetes’ pick of the best books, podcasts and music for summer

    From gothy pop to witchy reads, 20 tastemakers share their favourite recommendations

    Recent reads at Courtney Love’s home in London
  • Sunday, 17 March, 2024
    BAT chief: moving to US not a ‘no-brainer’ as he defends London listing

    Former top-10 shareholder in tobacco company who pushed for the change has exited his position

    Tadeu Marroco
  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
    UK Spring Budget 2024
    Vaping tax leads shake-up of ‘sin’ duties

    The new levy and rises on tobacco products contrast with a postponement of duty rises on alcohol

    Rear view of a man vaping, with clouds of smoke
  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
    UK Spring Budget 2024
    British American Tobacco chief embraces new UK vape tax

    Tadeu Marroco says cigarette maker has learned to ‘love regulation’ ahead of Budget announcement on fresh duty

    to make the devices less affordable for young people following a recent spike in underage uptake.
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Investments
    Directors’ Deals: Stand-in finance director cuts BAT stake 

    Tobacco group continues to suffer from decline in smoking

    stack of cigarettes
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    British American Tobacco to sell down stake in India’s ITC

    Move to divest some of cigarette maker’s stake in Indian conglomerate lays ground to resume share buybacks

    A woman holds a cigarette up in front of the BAT logo
  • Friday, 8 December, 2023
    Lex PopuliPersonal Finance
    BAT: Camel’s broken back is last straw for investors

    Declining use of tobacco could cause burn out

    Cigarettes in front of a Camel branded package
  • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
    Lex
    BAT: Camel’s broken back is last straw for investors

    Company’s trading update on Wednesday cast its traditional business in poor light

    Premium content
    The London offices of British American Tobacco
  • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
    BAT to take £25bn hit on US cigarette brands

    Company is worst performer on FTSE 100 as economy and quitting smokers deal blow to balance sheet

    Lucky Strike cigarettes
  • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
    E-cigarettes
    FDA issues ban on RJ Reynolds menthol-flavoured vapes in US

    BAT subsidiary to challenge regulator’s move against products popular with underage vapers

    Young person vaping
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    BAT sells Russian business to local management

    Group becomes latest company to part ways with country following its invasion of Ukraine

    A picture showing someone smoking in from of the BAT logo
  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
    E-cigarettes
    New British American Tobacco chief calls for ‘better’ vaping rules

    Tadeu Marroco admits there are issues such as underage use as many countries adopt tougher stance on e-cigarettes

    A person smokes a Juul Labs e-cigarette
  • Monday, 19 June, 2023
    British American Tobacco reshuffles board in strategy shift for new chief

    Group aims to speed transition to products such as vapes and spur US growth

    Vuse e-cigarette packages on display in a store
  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    BAT investors call on tobacco group’s new chief to restart share buybacks

    Cigarette maker launched £2bn stock repurchase programme in 2022 but opted not to renew it this year

    A person selects a Lucky Strike cigarette from a packet
  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    Lex
    BAT: Jack hits the road as vapes focus fails to ignite valuation

    Surprise reshuffle comes after the group paid a penalty to US authorities over North Korean sanctions violations

    Premium content
    Jack Bowles, BAT chief executive
  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    BAT appoints new chief to succeed Jack Bowles immediately

    Change comes after tobacco group was fined $635mn last month over North Korean sanctions violations

    The BAT logo
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