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In July 2025, BAT entered a partnership with Accenture, moving roles from Global Service Hubs in Costa Rica, Mexico, Poland, Romania, and Malaysia, and Supply Network Operations in the United Kingdom and Singapore, to the consulting firm
"We believe that smoke-free alternatives, including heated tobacco products like IQOS and e-cigarettes, have significant potential to be less harmful than cigarettes and can play an important role for smokers and public health." Simon Clark from the smokers' group Forest said: "Electronic cigarettes are a step too far for many smokers so if the government wants smokers to quit there has to be a range of products that fills the gap between combustible tobacco and e-cigarettes."
In settings where smoking has historically been common and nicotine breaks are socially normalised, vaping may be added as a supplemental source of nicotine, particularly where smoke free rules restrict combustible use, offering a plausible pathway to dual use without implying a direct causal relationship [83]
