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Euromonitor International reported that BAT held about 11% of the total global cigarette market in 2023.** Similar to PMI, BAT tries to paint itself as a progressive, forward-thinking company
72,000 Black Americans are diagnosed and 39,000 die from tobacco-related cancer each year
If we have to say so ourselves, cigarettes are a great equalizer
Privately, one lawyer for the company explained why in a letter later recovered in a court filing: "We have never raised any objection to the use of our labels feeling, for your more or less private information, that it is not too bad an advertisement." The FTC called the packaging mimicry "an indirect form of advertising aimed at children." As the Truth Initiative's Koval explained, the tobacco industry had more than a passing interest in getting kids interested in its products
But the question keeps coming up: is a Black and Mild actually a cigar