Please provide a list of any and all contact your organisation and/or staff have had with British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan Tobacco International, Philip Morris International, as well as any other domestic or transnational tobacco companies or anyone representing the tobacco industry including subsidiaries of tobacco industry.
I would like this information for the period from 1 April 2021 to 20 February 2023.
Contact would primarily include attending or arranging meetings or functions, and responding to correspondence or phone calls.
Please break down the information by:
* Tobacco company or representative’s name
* Date of contact(s)
* Type of contact (meeting, email, letter, phone call, text/app message or video call, e-card or any other form of electronic communication)
* Place of contact, if relevant
* Purpose of contact
* Outcome of contact, including if no action taken
We can confirm that the only contact has been from our Trading Standards office and we can provide a summary below:
| Tobacco Company Name | Date of Contact | Email/Phone/Letter/Visit | Place | Purpose e.g. brand Verification/ Intelligence Receipt | Outcome |
| JTI | 24/06/2021 | Email (Outgoing) | Office | Brand verification and request for comments following consumer complaint. | Complaint closed following verification. |
| JTI | 24/06/2021 | Email (Incoming) | Office | Email confirming product is genuine and UK Duty Paid. | Complaint closed following verification. |
| JTI | 19/07/2021 | Email (Outgoing & Incoming) | Office | Emails discussing examination of seized product. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| Imperial Tobacco | 19/07/2021 | Email (Outgoing & Incoming) | Office | Emails discussing examination of seized product. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| British American Tobacco | 19/07/2021 | Email (Outgoing & Incoming) | Office | Discussion re. examination of seized product. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| British American Tobacco | 20/07/2021 | Email (Outgoing & Incoming) | Office | Discussion re. examination of seized product. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| Imperial Tobacco | 23/07/2021 | Email (Outgoing) | Office | Sample submission form completed and sent. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| British American Tobacco | 23/07/2021 | Email (Outgoing) | Office | Photographs of seized product to BAT. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| JTI | 28/07/2021 | Letter (Incoming) | Office | Delivery of witness statement. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| Imperial Tobacco | 02/08/2021 | Letter (Incoming) | Office | Delivery of witness statement. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| JTI | 26/08/2021 | Email (Incoming) | Office | Flash Report – New counterfeit product. | Noted for intelligence purposes. |
| Philip Morris International | 13/12/2021 | Email (Incoming) | Office | Email confirming analysis of samples. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| Philip Morris International | 13/12/2021 | Letter (Incoming) | Office | Delivery of witness statement. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| British American Tobacco | 28/01/2022 | Email (Outgoing & Incoming) | Office | Discussion re. provision of trade mark certificates in evidence. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| British American Tobacco | 04/05/2022 | Letter (Incoming) | Office | Delivery of witness statement. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| JTI | 10/05/2022 | Parcel (Outgoing) | Office | Brand verification and request for provision of witness statement. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| Imperial Tobacco | 17/05/2022 | Parcel (Outgoing) | Office | Brand verification and request for provision of witness statement. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| Philip Morris International | 18/05/2022 | Parcel (Outgoing) | Office | Brand verification and request for provision of witness statement. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| British American Tobacco | 22/09/2022 | Parcel (Outgoing) | Office | Brand verification and request for provision of witness statement. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| British American Tobacco | 23/09/2022 | Parcel (Outgoing) | Office | Brand verification and request for provision of witness statement. | Ongoing investigation – outcome yet to be determined. |
| Imperial Tobacco | 14/12/2022 | Email (Incoming) | Office | Update re. sample submission process and provision of witness statements. | Noted for future sample submissions. |
| British American Tobacco | 14/02/2023 | Email (Incoming) | Office | Query re. recent seizure of electronic cigarette products. | Test results pending. |