Conditions of Use

Introduction

This website is operated by British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited. Please read these terms and conditions of use ("Conditions of Use") carefully. By accessing this website, you agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree to be bound by these Conditions of Use you should not access or view this website. We reserve the right to update these conditions of use at any time at our discretion. The date these Conditions of Use were last updated is displayed at the bottom of this page.

To make these conditions of use easier to read, we use a few definitions. The terms “British American Tobacco”, “BAT”, “we”, “us” and “our” are used to refer to British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited.

The term “The British American Tobacco Group” is used to refer to British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited and the group of companies constituting its direct and indirect affiliates and subsidiaries worldwide.

Purpose of Website 

This website and the material in the Omni™ are intended for scientists, public health authorities, regulators, policy makers and investors. It is not provided for product advertising, promotional or marketing purposes.

The Omni™ is intended to be a compendium of information that underpins our corporate and scientific strategy and offers insights into the work being done at BAT to create A Better Tomorrow™.

It addresses a range of big questions facing our industry, provides an overview of the science supporting our smokeless products, and offers a summary of the global tobacco harm reduction evidence base created over the last decade.

The content of this website (with the exception of peer reviewed scientific publications and references to external third party sources) contains BAT’s views on the topics covered and it has itself not been peer scientifically reviewed by third parties. Anyone interested in learning more about Tobacco harm Reduction (THR) should read more and consider the broadest range of available viewpoints.

General provisions

1. This website is provided to you free of charge, without any warranties or guarantees unless specifically stated. The information contained in this website is intended for general information purposes only.
2. Except as expressly provided for on this website, neither BAT nor any member of the British American Tobacco Group is responsible for the content or use of any web pages, or any messages sent or received by you.
3. All copyright, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights used as part of this website are vested in BAT, other members of the British American Tobacco Group and / or its licensors. You acquire no rights in the website other than the limited right to use the website in accordance with these conditions of use. You may not offer for sale or sell or distribute over any medium, any part of this website or its content. However, you are permitted to print out or download information and content from this website for your own personal, non-commercial use only. Other than as stated in these conditions of use, you may not make any part of the website available as part of another website, whether by scraping, crawling, hyperlink framing on the Internet or otherwise unless you have been authorised to do so in writing by BAT.
4. You shall not use this website for any illegal purposes and in particular agree that you shall not send, use, copy, post or allow any posting which is defamatory or obscene or which is abusive, indecent or in breach of the privacy of any person. You agree not to send any unsolicited promotional or advertising material, spam or similar materials or any volume messages which may interfere with the operation of this website or with the enjoyment of this website by other visitors.
5. This website may contain links to third-party sites or third-party references and/or citations that are not owned or controlled by BAT. No endorsement of any party, products or services is expressed or implied and accordingly neither BAT nor any member of the British American Tobacco Group accepts any liability for the accuracy of, or otherwise in relation to, any content or the security of any activity carried out on such other website of any other resource and/or citations. You acknowledge and agree that neither BAT nor any other company in the British American Tobacco Group shall be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage, loss or cost caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on such linked websites or linked resources and/or citations. Your use of the third-party websites is at your sole risk.
6. BAT reserves the right at any time and without notice to enhance, modify, alter, suspend or permanently discontinue all or any part of this website and to restrict or prohibit access to it.
7. You hereby agree to indemnify BAT against any costs, claims, losses and damages (including legal fees) incurred by or awarded against BAT as a result of your misuse of this website or your breach of these conditions of use.
8. If you are in breach of these conditions of use, BAT may suspend or block your access to this website and refuse to provide you with any further access to it.
9. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PUBLISHES THIS WEBSITE “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE, THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION OR THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES REFERRED TO ON THE WEBSITE (IN SO FAR AS SUCH WARRANTIES MAY BE EXCLUDED UNDER ANY RELEVANT LAW). EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH CAUSED BY ITS NEGLIGENCE OR FOR FRAUD, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO NOR ANY OTHER COMPANY IN THE BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO GROUP SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGE WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE AND WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT OR INDIRECT LOSS OF PROFITS), CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR SPECIAL THAT MAY RESULT FROM ACCESS OR USE OF THIS WEBSITE, HOWSOEVER ARISING. YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THIS WEBSITE.
10. If any part of these conditions of use is found to be unenforceable as a matter of law, all other parts of these conditions of use shall not be affected.
11. These conditions of use govern our relationship with you and represent our entire agreement with you.
12. The conditions of use and the content of this website are governed by English law whose courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

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