References to ‘harm reduction’ or ‘reduced harm’ and ‘smokeless tobacco’ or ‘snus’ in TTCs annual reporting
| BAT* | IMT | JTI† | PMI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | HR | SLT | HR | SLT | HR | SLT | HR | SLT |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 1998 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2008 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2010 | 13 | 47 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | – | – | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | – | – |
*BAT's 1998 annual report is unavailable.
†Results are based on JTI's annual reports, which also include reporting on JTI's domestic tobacco market and its pharmaceutical and food business. Earlier copies are were not available on JTI's website, or in the British Library.
BAT, British American Tobacco; HR, ‘harm reduction’ or ‘reduced harm’; IMT, Imperial Tobacco; JTI, Japan Tobacco International; PMI, Philip Morris International; SLT, ‘smokeless tobacco’ or 'snus’; TTCs, transnational tobacco companies.