BAT fined over French tobacco advert

A French court has ordered British American Tobacco France and its former president, Ricardo De Almeida Orlander, to pay fines of respectively €50,000 and €5,000 for the illegal advertising of tobacco and tobacco products, according to a story in Le Figaro.

BAT and De Almeida were taken to court by the non-smokers’ rights association DNF in a case that started about a year ago.