TY - JOUR T1 - Way-out developments at BATCO JF - Tobacco Control JO - Tob Control SP - 107 LP - 108 DO - 10.1136/tc.12.1.107 VL - 12 IS - 1 AU - W King AU - R Borland AU - M Christie Y1 - 2003/03/01 UR - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/12/1/107.abstract N2 - Working in tobacco control, it is easy to get the impression that the tobacco industry is a united front, with all parties carefully avoiding internal divisions that might undermine the greater struggle against the “antis”. However, tobacco industry documents that have been made public as a result of litigation in the USA frequently reveal ruthless competition for market share, as well as intense suspicion about competitors’ activities. This was brought home to us recently when reading a 1977 document on “developments in the scientific field” by Dr Sydney J Green, then British American Tobacco’s (BAT’s) senior scientist for research and development.1 After several pages of unremarkable reports on industry and external research on low tar cigarettes and smoking and health, Green informed his readers about two “way-out” developments at BAT: … ER -