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ASH Daily News

1 - 2 November, 2000

Headlines
'Where there's smoke there's crime'
'Rogue multinational'
Mirror: 'BAT sell, sell'
BAT attacks regulators
'X-rays to nail cig runners'

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'Where there's smoke there's crime'

The Times carries a comprehensive piece on the decision by the Department of
Trade and Industry to investigate BAT. It features ASH's call to have the
DTI investigation widened to Imperial and Gallaher and quotes Clive Bates as
saying, "Questions need to be asked about why these companies export so many
cigarettes to countries where there is no market for them - often with UK
health warnings,"

Source: The Times, 1 November 2000
Link: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,28379,00.html

'Rogue multinational'

Clive Bates, director of ASH, writes an analysis piece for the Guardian. The
piece covers the decision by the DTI to investigate BAT and discusses some
of the problems that investigation may face.

Source: The Guardian, 1 November 2000
Link:
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4084424,00.html

Mirror: 'BAT sell, sell'

A Mirror city column urges investors to sell their shares in BAT because of
the problems faced by the company. These include the DTI investigation of
BAT that was launched on Monday and also legal challenges in the US.

Source: The Mirror, 1 November 2000

'BAT backs Bush'

The Daily Telegraph reports that British American Tobacco believes that
George Bush, the Republican candidate for US president, would be more
friendly to the tobacco industry than the Democratic presidential candidate,
Al Gore.

Source: The Daily Telegraph, 1 November 2000

BAT attacks regulators

The Guardian reports that BAT has attacked 'regulators' including the World
Health Organisation for the drafting of 'unworkable' regulation.

Source: The Guardian, 1 November 2000

'X-rays to nail cig runners'

'Chancellor Gordon Brown has spent £10 million on X-ray machines to foil
cigarette smugglers and save British taxpayers £2.5 billion', reports the
Sun.

Source: The Sun, 2 November 2000