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Society Issues Health Tobacco Smuggling

• BAT and Tobacco Smuggling - Collection of around 150 internal British American Tobacco (BAT) documents, illustrating the extent of BAT's involvement in cigarette smuggling in Asia and Latin America.
• British American Tobacco and Tobacco Smuggling - Statements published by the Select Committee on Health of the House of Commons in the UK.
• Canadian Government Legal Action in Major Tobacco Smuggling Operation - Summary of suit filed against major tobacco companies including R. J. Reynolds.
• Cigarette Smuggling in California: Fact and Fiction - Scientific analysis examines tobacco industry financials and comrpes them to industry claims about cigarette smuggling.
• Cigarette Smuggling in Europe: Who Really Benefits? - Research concludes "cigarette smuggling is not caused principally by 'market forces'. It is mainly caused by fraud, by the illegal evasion of import duty. The cigarettes involved are not the cheap brands from southern European countries, for which there is no international market. It is the well-known international brands such as Marlboro and Winston."
• European Community v. RJR - Complaint brought by European Community against RJR over money-laundering/smuggling.
• Guardian Unlimited: Special reports: BAT - Details on British American Tobacco's activities around the world, with an emphasis on smuggling.
• How Can Cigarette Smuggling Be Reduced - Article from the British Medical Journal.
• NOW: In Depth - The Black Market Peso Exchange - Documentary on cigarette company involvement in drug money laundering.
• NOW: In Depth - Tobacco Traffic - PBS documentary on cigarette smuggling "used by the biggest tobacco companies as a tool to break into markets all over the world. "
• Philippe Boucher's Rendez-vous with Luk Joossens - Joossens is an expert in tobacco smuggling and illegal tobacco sales; in this interview he discusses the size of the illegal market and the advantages to the industry of a sizeable illegal market.
• RJ Reynolds and Smuggling - Washington Post editorial summarizes the evidence that R. J. Reynolds aided in smuggling, made deals with organized crime and Columbian drug gangs, and violated U.S. sanctions on Iraq.
• Rob Cunningham and Greg Connolly on CKNW - Transcript of radio show on the topic of tobacco smuggling and industry involvement in Canada.
• Special Report: Cigarette Companies and Smuggling - Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
• Tobacco Companies Linked to Criminal Organizations in Cigarette Smuggling - Public Integrity report on the fraud, racketeering, money laundering and conspiracy charges against BAT, R. J. Reynolds, and Philip Morris.
• Tobacco Exports, Imports, and Smuggling - Chapter from the Tobacco Reference Guide.
• UICC on Smuggling of Tobacco Products - Describes practices, players, countries, examples, and the role of the tobacco industry.
• U.S. Tobacco Companies Accused of Terrorist Ties and Iraqi Sanctions-Busting - Investigative report concludes U.S. cigarette companies smuggled cigarettes into Iraq aided by the PKK or Kurdish Workers Party, which the United States has labeled a terrorist group.

• Made In The USA - 60 minutes story covers the evidence that R. J. Reynolds is involved in illegal cigarette smuggling. (February 13, 2003)
• Big Tobacco and Smuggling - Feature article from The Nation examines tobacco industry involvement in cigarette smuggling, and how the industry used the Patriot Act to shield itself from liability. (May 6, 2002)
• Global Reach of Tobacco Company's Involvement in Cigarette Smuggling - In its search to maintain and enlarge cigarette markets and corporate revenue, British American Tobacco - the world's second largest tobacco multinational and parent company of Brown & Williamson - exploited a sophisticated network of smuggling routes throughout Asia. (February 2, 2002)
• Tobacco Companies Linked to Criminal Organizations in Lucrative Cigarette Smuggling Trade - Article on black market trade in tobacco products covers gang and tobacco industry involvement. (March 3, 2001)
• Cigarette Makers Eye Surge in Suits, Investigations - Cigarette makers are facing a surge of lawsuits and investigations involving their role in cigarette smuggling. (August 10, 2000)
• How Smuggling Helps Lure Generations of New Smokers - News article reports that "executives of British-based tobacco giant BAT sought to manage cigarette black markets in the drive to increase profits". (January 31, 2000)
• Major Tobacco Multinational Implicated In Cigarette Smuggling - British American Tobacco for decades secretly encouraged tax evasion and cigarette smuggling in a global effort to secure market share and lure generations of new smokers, internal corporate documents reveal. (January 31, 2000)