Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index British American Tobacco is the second largest cigarette company. In 1999 it acquired Rothmans International, which included a share in a factory in Myanmar. This made it the target of criticism from human rights groups. It sold its share of the factory on November 6, 2003 after a "exceptional request" from the British government. External Link British American Tobacco; (apparently broken, at least for Mozilla) BAT 'dragged out' of Burma; The Guardian; November 7, 2003 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.