LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Tobacco giant British American Tobacco PLC has
denied claims made by a BBC investigation that it is breaking its code regarding
the sale of single cigarettes, seen as more attractive to child smokers.
In a BBC This World programme to be broadcast Tuesday, British businessman
Duncan Bannatyne says he discovered special pots in Mauritius which BAT has
distributed to shops to make it easier for them to sell single cigarettes.
In Malawi and Nigeria, he says he found BAT posters depicting single
cigarettes and showing the price of a single cigarette.
BAT denied that it encouraged the sale of single cigarettes.
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