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Cells 11 , 626 (2022)

BATs headline profitability was good until it acquired Reynolds American Profitability, measured by return on capital employed, is a key metric because it tells you a lot about: How competitive the company is (highly competitive companies tend to produce consistently higher returns on capital) How fast the company can grow by organically reinvesting some of its earnings (this tends to be lower risk than borrowing money to fund growth) In BATs case, before 2017 it was consistently producing a net return on capital of around 20%, which is about double the average for UK large-cap stocks

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Simon Clark, director of Forest, described the move as "shocking", noting that current limits of up to 3,200 cigarettes and 3kg of rolling tobacco were set in 2002 after an attempt to clamp down further met with outrage and legal challenges