Reviews industry documents and other evidence connecting BAT (British American Tobacco) with cigarette 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.

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.

Investigative journalism by The Nation, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and the PBS newsmagazine NOW uncovers a global cigarette smuggling network aimed at establishing Big Tobacco's brands in new markets.

Statements published by the Select Committee on Health of the House of Commons in the UK.

Summary of suit filed against major tobacco companies including R. J. Reynolds.

Evidence that tobacco companies may have assisted a huge cigarette smuggling operation is undercutting a traditional tobacco industry argument against cigarette taxes.

New York Times article covers evidence that the largest tobacco companies are knowingly selling billions of dollars of cigarettes into the black market.

Cigarette makers are facing a surge of lawsuits and investigations involving their role in cigarette smuggling.

Scientific analysis examines tobacco industry financials and comrpes them to industry claims about cigarette smuggling.

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."

Annotated list of links organized by Nonsmokers Rights Association of Canada. Pulls together primary and secondary sources, news and analysis.

Complaint brought by European Community against RJR over money-laundering/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.

Details on British American Tobacco's activities around the world, with an emphasis on smuggling.

Article from the British Medical Journal.

News article reports that "executives of British-based tobacco giant BAT sought to manage cigarette black markets in the drive to increase profits".

60 minutes story covers the evidence that R. J. Reynolds is involved in illegal cigarette smuggling.

Investigative report. British American Tobacco, the second largest tobacco company in the world, "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."

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.

Documentary on cigarette company involvement in drug money laundering.

PBS documentary on cigarette smuggling "used by the biggest tobacco companies as a tool to break into markets all over the world. "

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.

Summary by ASH-UK of legal action pending against the major tobacco companies for smuggling tobacco.

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.

RJR (RJ Reynolds) pleads guilty in Federal Court in Canada; several articles report.

RJR (RJ Reynolds) pleads guilty in Federal Court, and will pay the U.S. government $15 million after admitting that one of its subsidiaries knowlingly aided and abetted the smuggling of cigarettes into Canada.

Transcript of radio show on the topic of tobacco smuggling and industry involvement in Canada.

Submission to the House of Commons Health Select Committee in the UK from ASH-HK provides detailed report on tobacco industry involvement in smugging cigarettes.

Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

25% of all tobacco distributed around the world is illegal contraband, according to an international researcher.

Public Integrity report on the fraud, racketeering, money laundering and conspiracy charges against BAT, R. J. Reynolds, and Philip Morris.

Article on black market trade in tobacco products covers gang and tobacco industry involvement.

Canada police have brought charges against a major tobacco company for smuggling.

Chapter from the Tobacco Reference Guide.

The world's second biggest tobacco company encouraged the smuggling of billions of black market cigarettes to evade taxes and increase market share, analysis of more than 11,000 corporate documents has revealed.

News item reports on Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds involvement in tobacco smuggling.

Information summarized from NRC Handelsblad article.

Tobacco smuggling into Canada is a multi-billion dollar business. Articles, analysis, opinion on the subject.

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.

Describes practices, players, countries, examples, and the role of the tobacco industry.