Tobacco industry's human rights makeover: an archival review of British American Tobacco's human rights rhetorical veneer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

British American Tobacco (BAT) released an industry-first human rights report in 2020, which extolled the efforts and objectives of the tobacco industry giant for promoting human rights. How BAT came to brand itself as a human rights champion, being a leader in an industry long accused of enabling human rights violations from leaf-to-stub including profiting from a product which inherently violates the right to health, is unknown. Exploring BAT's evolution through reviewing its materials and Tobacco Industry Documents could shed light on their development and what it means in the tobacco control and human rights context.

Methodology

We reviewed publicly available materials from BAT as well as conducted archival research in the Tobacco Industry Documents digital ar

SUBMITTER: Sircar NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9751230 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature