The documents were shown to The Guardian by Paul Hopkins, who was employed by BAT in Africa for 13 years until he blew the whistle internally on what he describes as unethical conduct. Paul Hopkins says BAT brand cigarettes were hidden in plastic in Somalia after al-Shabaab banned sales. “If you have no government, you have nobody annoying you about health warnings and nicotine content,” he told The Guardian. Specifically, in DRC, excise on tobacco products is pre-paid to the government at the time of ordering excise/tax stamps. This is a process that BAT adheres to strictly for all products it sells in this country.

Source: bd News24 August 18, 2017 14:37 UTC