Brussels, 22/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 21 February, the European Commission cleared the proposed acquisition of Gallaher Group Plc., the UK tobacco manufacturer, by Japan Tobacco Inc..
Gallaher's principal activity is the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products such as cigars, 'roll-your-own' and 'make-your-own' tobacco, pipe tobacco and 'snus' (a type of oral snuff used in Sweden and Norway). Its cigarette brands include Benson & Hedges, Silk Cut, Mayfair and...