Belgian authorities are investigating whether a sponsorship deal between British American Tobacco (BAT) and EU affairs news website Politico violated tobacco advertising laws.
They are also looking into an event organised in the European Parliament last year, which was sponsored by Japan Tobacco International (JTI).
The cases show how Big Tobacco is continuing to try and test the limits of an EU-wide ...
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