Contact had with tobacco companies - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. Please provide a list of any and all contact your organisation and/or staff have had with British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan Tobacco International, Philip Morris International, as well as any other domestic or transnational tobacco companies or anyone representing the tobacco industry including subsidiaries of tobacco industry.

I would like this information for the period from 23 April 2023- 10 March

Contact would primarily include attending or arranging meetings or functions, and responding to correspondence or phone calls.

Please break down the information by:

* Tobacco company or representative's name

* Date of contact(s)

* Type of contact (meeting, email, letter, phone call, text/app

message or video call, e-card or any other form of electronic

communication)

* Place of contact, if relevant

* Purpose of contact

* Outcome of contact, including if no action taken

Decision

1. Lincolnshire County Council does not meet with the tobacco industry. Contact with the tobacco industry is for investigative purposes recorded via email or post. This is limited to confirming whether seized products are genuine or counterfeit, and the provision of evidence in support of investigations and prosecutions.

Reference number
11971630
Date request received
13 March 2025
Date of decision
9 April 2025