ASH UK report Tobacconomics, detailing how big tobacco generates myths and fear through specious data and partisan analysis. The report contrasts industry predictions with what actually happened.

ASH UK fact sheet on the tobacco industry prepared by ASH UK that provides company profiles for the major cigarette companies.

Altria Group, Inc. (formerly Philip Morris Companies Inc.)
On 27 January 2003, Philip Morris Companies Inc. changed its name to the Altria Group, Inc. Altria is the parent company of Kraft Foods, Philip Morris USA, Philip Morris International and Philip Morris Capital Corporation. The head office in New York, USA.

British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Head office in London, UK. Click here to review BAT's Social Reports. Click here to review "BAT in its Own Words" a report jointly published by Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) using BAT internal documents to question whether shareholders should trust what the company says. Click here to review Christopher Proctor's Sometimes a cigarette is just a cigarette, London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 2003 discussing the "safer cigarette".

The company's Australian subsidiary is British American Tobacco Australia Limited. Click here to review their 2005 Social Responsibility Progress Report.

Gallaher Group Plc
Head office in Weybridge, Surrey, UK.

JT International (Japan Tobacco)
In 1999, JT acquired the RJR International, the international tobacco business of RJR Nabisco Inc., creating JT International.

Lorillard Tobacco Company
Head office Greensboro, NC, USA.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.
In 2004, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings (RJRT) and Brown & Williamson merged to form Reynolds American Inc.

A list of other tobacco companies can be found at: www.tobacco.org