Social Concerns and Community Outreach

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1. How can I apply for sponsorship?
2. How do you prevent children from buying your products?
3. To which charities do you contribute?
4. What about the rights of smokers?
5. What is your position on second hand smoke?

1. How can I apply for sponsorship?

JTI has corporate policies to offer help with social projects, humanitarian causes, educational initiatives and cultural events, however, please note that we do not get involved with any activities involving minors as we manufacture and sell a product for adults only. For more information, please contact your local JTI office – you can find the contact details for all our offices all over the world in the Worldwide Locations section of this site.

2. How do you prevent children from buying your products?

As cigarette manufacturers we have an important role to play in addressing the problem of youth smoking. We firmly believe that minors should not smoke and this commitment is an important aspect of our business ethics. As a responsible company selling a controversial product we complement our ethical business behavior with meaningful initiatives contributing to the reduction of youth smoking which include Retail Access Prevention and education programs. Check our Youth Smoking Prevention section for more information.

3. To which charities do you contribute?

As a company drawing on local communities for employees and also for customers, we believe in putting something back into those communities- so we have corporate policies to offer help with social projects, humanitarian causes, educational initiatives and cultural events. For more information, please visit the Corporate Responsibility section of the site.

4. What about the rights of smokers?

We believe in the freedom of adults to choose whether they want to smoke. However, we also believe that people are well advised to seek guidance on the risks associated with smoking. No one should smoke unless they understand the risks of doing so.

We advocate appropriate separation of smokers and non-smokers. We accept that the burden of responsibility lies with smokers rather than non-smokers.

5. What is your position on second hand smoke?

Many people have concerns about environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), also known as second hand smoke. While we do not believe that the scientific evidence, taken as a whole, is sufficient to establish that ETS is a cause of disease, we nevertheless believe in the right of non-smokers to be free from a smoky atmosphere.

For more information, read our position paper on Second Hand Smoke.