Ngelixa kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, amajelo amaninzi abhengeza ukungabikho kwempembelelo entle yephakheji engathathi hlangothi kunye nokuhlaziywa kwexabiso lecuba, i-British American Tobacco yagqiba ekubeni isabele ngokukhutshwa kweendaba ngokusemthethweni.
“UKUQHUBEKA OKUQHUBEKAYO UKUVUMELANISA KWAMAXABISO NOKUBONISWA KWEEMVELISO EZIZINYE”
I-British American Tobacco France inqwenela ukusabela kulwazi oluninzi lweentsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ngokukhutshwa kweendaba:
U-Eric Sensi-Minautier, uMlawuli weMicimbi yoLuntu, uNxibelelwano kunye neMicimbi yezoMthetho we-British American Tobacco France uthi:
« Ngeli xesha, isiqingatha sonyaka emva kokuqaliswa, iphakheji engathathi hlangothi ayibonakali inesiphumo. I-Australia, eyasebenzisa ukupakishwa okucacileyo kwi-2012, yafikelela kwisigqibo esifanayo.«
« Oku kungaziyeki kwabo batshayayo kunye nabaxhasi becuba, kunye nemilinganiselo yobuqhetseba efana nokupakishwa okungathathi hlangothi kunye nokothuka kwamaxabiso, akunamveliso. Ukulungelelaniswa okuqhubekayo kwexabiso lecuba kwinqanaba laseYurophu kunye nokukhuthazwa kwezinye iimveliso zenza isisombululo esisebenzayo kubantu abatshayayo, njengoko kunjalo eUnited Kingdom. »