Philippines: BAT against Sale of Loose Cigarettes

Source from:  Daily Times (pk)  02/25/2013

General Manager of British American Tobacco (BAT) said that his company is the strongest advocate for responsible smoking. General Manager (GM) James Lafferty of BAT-Philippines further said that BAT is against the strategy of selling loose sticks of cigarette to increase their sale. He said, "avoiding people to buy in sticks (of cigarettes) will prevent youth from smoking, instead they will just buy bubblegum for their penny."

However he conceded that there are countries where BAT sells cigarettes on sticks. While giving his comments to the Philippine based newspaper, The Daily Tribune, GM BAT-Philippines said that it is proven in many aspects that a continued, uninterrupted and most of all consistent policies in an effective key to reach one's goal. Enditem