Alleged Violations of Tobacco Control and Other Laws

Tobacco companies aggressively block, weaken, and undermine policies designed to protect public health and reduce tobacco use, and at times they have been found to work outside of countries’ laws. In multiple instances tobacco companies have been found to have violated the law.

British American Tobacco allegedly bribed Kenyan tax officials to disclose its rival’s confidential tax dealings, paid company officials to disclose vital corporate secrets, and offered cash to port officials to “lose” or impound its rival’s export shipments and supplies of raw materials