Critique of Padilla simulation of the impact of plain packaging on tobacco prices by economist Howard Reed. Use the following URL to download an Excel spreadsheet showing how taxes can be increased to counter potential falls in price. www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/PPpricedutysimulation.xls

HMRC is responsible for collecting the bulk of tax revenue. HMRC also works with the UK Border Agency to strengthen the UK's frontiers and tackle illicit trade.

The Treasury is responsible for formulating and implementing the UK Government's financial and economic policies.

The IFS is an independent organisation that aims to promote effective economic and social polices through rigorous analysis of their impact on individuals, families, firms and the public finances. The website contains information on UK tax rates.

Reuters provides access to broker research on listed companies, plus standard Reuters format financial news. The research is intended to help investors choose stocks and reflects the risks faced by companies - a good way to gauge impact of campaigning issues on the market.

This is an ethical investment tool that allows the screening of individual funds for specific products or companies for ethical reasons.  The tool can also be used to find out which institutional investors hold specific stocks and in which portfolios they are kept. 

News articles and investigations by Corp Watch on the Tobacco industry.

Billed as a 'Corporation Observatory', Transnationale provides two excellent primary resources - listed companies and their global subsidiaries, and a comprehensive list of senior managers. The site also combines traditional market and company information with an ethical perspective. The main news pages comment on high profile corporate misconduct, while each company page contains information on suspected corruption, human rights abuses.

Report by the World Bank on the economics of tobacco control. Outlines the global trends in tobacco use, the health consequences of smoking, measures to reduce the demand, supply of tobacco, the costs and consequences of tobacco control and an agenda for action. May 1999

This Factsheet reviews the economics of tobacco policy and critically evaluates the major economic arguments used by the tobacco industry to influence policymakers. By David Collins and Helen Lapsley. 1998