Uchumi sells beer & alcohol... (Does Tuskys sell cigs?)
Sameer sells tyres to BAT & EABL...
Most banks will lend to anyone (as long as they can pay the cash back) & BAT/EABL are probably among the 'best' borrowers with AA ratings!

@Sparky that is reducing the argument to a ridiculous level. How about if you were to ask me whether I would not buy a house because I could be murdered in it.

The effect has to be very close to the cause. Cigarette advertising has been banned, you cannot smoke anywhere and the link to cancer is DIRECT and irrefutable.

Think about it this way, if you own BAT shares then you would recommend that they sell more and more and more cigarettes so that you make money. These cigarettes are not sold to aliens, they will be sold to your children, siblings, friends, parents......

@my 2 cents your argument is not lost on me.

My point is that there are people who gain utility and enjoyment from smoking.

Don't tell me that you haven't seen people light up, drag on it and blow them rings of smoke.

Are they forced to smoke - NO, are they given free cigerettes - NO.

BAT hit 210 today, a major psychological point. The march to 300 continues, slow but sure

sparkly, it also looks like a good stock to hold in 'uncertain' times like the one we find ourselves in i.e Referendum

What is making this stoke to rise so first?

@pk its the smell of money money money. Don't you smell it? These guys payout 100% or more of their profits. New business lines means increased revenues and in three years, profitability like you have never seen.

Si kesho utumalizie ile supply yote ya DTB chini ya 140?

And the rest went at sh 285. 100% capital gains and approx sh 30 per share in dividends...