BAT pressure in Uganda to sell its e-cigarettes

British American Tobacco Uganda is lobbying the government to lift the ban on e-cigarettes. The tobacco company posted a net profit of US$4.27 million, up from US$3.7 million in 2018. Return on equity improved to US$35.711 compared to the growth of US$33.861 in the previous year. Despite growing revenues, BAT Uganda sees the challenging tobacco regulatory environment in Uganda as it struggles to introduce new products that could drive revenue growth. While the size of the Ugandan e-cigarette market remains unknown, global projections show that the nicotine market is booming. The new products are appealing to a wide audience, particularly the youth. Such a potential market arouses the covetousness of industrialists and BAT's interventions are part of this perspective with the desire to develop all segments of the nicotine market: electronic cigarettes and traditional tobacco products. Uganda is nevertheless a country that is trying to resist the tobacco industry's attempts to interfere in public policies.[1]The country ratified the WHO treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2007 and has since adopted strong provisions to protect its population from the harm of smoking. ©Generation Without Tobacco

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[1] https://cnct.fr/actualites/indice-de-interference-de-lindustrie-du-tabac-2019/ | ©National Committee Against Smoking |