tobacco founded 1999 headquarters geneva switzerland key people thomas mccoy president and ceo masamichi terabatake deputy ceo executive vice president emerging products & corporate strategy products cigarettes roll your own tobacco snus pipe tobacco cigars 1 number of employees 25 000 2011 2 website www.jti.com jti japan tobacco international is the international tobacco division of japan tobacco 3 a leading international tobacco product manufacturer . the company is headquartered in geneva switzerland and sells its brands in 120 countries . as of 2011 jti employed about 25 000 people around the world at 90 offices 24 factories producing cigarettes 6 research & development centers and 5 tobacco processing facilities . 4 thomas mccoy is the president and ceo and masamichi terabatake is the deputy ceo executive vice president emerging products & corporate strategy . 5 contents 1 history 2 canadian class action lawsuit 3 brands 3.1 global flagship brands 3.2 other tobacco products 3.3 other brands 4 references 5 external links history edit jti was formed in 1999 when japan tobacco inc. purchased for usd 7.8 billion the international tobacco operations of the us multinational r.j. reynolds . in 2007 gallaher group a ftse 100 business was acquired by japan tobacco inc. for gbp 9.4 billion . at the time this was the largest foreign acquisition by a japanese company . in 2009 the jt group acquired part of the worldwide business of tribac leaf limited a company that trades tobacco in africa as well as two brazilian companies active in the tobacco business kannenberg and kbh & c. in the same year the jt group also set up jti leaf services a joint venture with two leaf suppliers in the us hail & cotton inc. and jeb international . 6 canadian class action lawsuit edit the three largest canadian tobacco companies imperial tobacco canada jti macdonald corp and rothmans benson & hedges are the subject of the largest class action lawsuit in canadian history . the case started on march 12 2012 in quebec superior court and the companies face a potential payout of c 27 billion us 27.30 billion in damages and penalties . in addition a number of canadian provinces are teaming up to sue tobacco companies to recover healthcare costs caused by smoking . 7 on june 1st 2015 quebec superior court justice brian riordan has awarded more than 15 billion to quebec smokers in a landmark case that pitted them against three canadian cigarette giants including jti macdonald corp. 8 9 jti was ordered to pay 13 % of the total or c 2bn . the company stated jti macdonald corp fundamentally disagrees with today s judgment and intends to file an appeal it said . the company strongly believes that the evidence presented at trial does not justify the court s conclusions . the plaintiffs in the court case stated that even if an appeal was lodged the companies were required to pay c 1bn within 60 days . 10 brands edit global flagship brands edit natural american spirit winston mevius mild seven camel benson & hedges silk cut glamour sobranie ld other tobacco products edit hamlet old holborn amber leaf gustavus snus other brands edit jti also has a portfolio of cigarette brands that the company markets regionally . references edit japan tobacco international products cigarettes cigars tobacco & snus . jti.com . retrieved 2015 03 10 . japan tobacco international facts & figures who is involved . jti.com . retrieved 2015 03 10 . jt global site . jt.com . retrieved 2015 03 10 . japan tobacco international facts & figures where . jti.com . retrieved 2015 03 10 . japan tobacco international 1 retrieved on may 8 2015 japan tobacco international facts & figures when historic dates . jti.com . retrieved 2015 03 10 . reuters c 27 billion suit vs big tobacco starts in march 13 2012 retrieved on september 27 2012 ctv news judge awards 15 billion to quebec smokers retrieved on june 1st 2015 cbc news tobacco companies ordered to pay 15b in damages retrieved on june 1st 2015 rankin jennifer tobacco giants vow to fight canadian judgment handing c 15bn to smokers june 2 2015 the guardian retrieved september 11 2015 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title japan tobacco international & oldid 705091766 categories tobacco companiesmanufacturing companies established in 1999multinational companies headquartered in switzerland navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 15 february 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