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British American Tobacco (BTI) is the largest tobacco company in the world, with a large moat, making it difficult for new tobacco brands to enter the market. Despite declining smoking trends, BTI remains profitable and offers a high dividend yield of 10%, making it an attractive investment option. Buybacks can unlock short-term value, and a successful transition towards smokeless products can lead to multiple expansions.

British American Tobacco is one of the world's largest cigarette makers. Cigarette volumes have been in decline for years.

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British American Tobacco PLC (LSE:BATS) said it bagged roughly 166.9 billion Indian rupees, or £1.5 billion, from selling a portion of its stake in Indian consumer goods conglomerate ITC. In a block trade it announced yesterday, the cigarette maker sold around a 3.5% stake in a company it has been invested in for over a century.

Books have closed for British American Tobacco's share sale in Indian conglomerate ITC that is likely to fetch the U.K.-based company over $2.0 billion.

Citi analysts have identified the UK government's recent budget announcement of a new excise tax on vaping products as an encouraging development for British American Tobacco PLC (LSE:BATS) and Imperial Brands PLC (LSE:IMB). The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, confirmed in his Spring Budget speech that from October 2026, vaping products would be subject to a new tax.

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British American Tobacco is one of the largest cigarette companies in the world. Its core cigarette business is in secular decline.

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Shares in tobacco giants British American Tobacco PLC (LSE:BATS) and Imperial Brands PLC (LSE:IMB) fell on news that vaping and cigarettes could be hit with new taxes in the UK. Prime minister Rishi Sunak and chancellor Jeremy Hunt are mulling introducing a new tax on vapes at next Wednesday's Budget, according to media reports.