{{short description|British tobacco company}} {{redirect|Imperial Tobacco|the Canadian company|Imperial Tobacco Canada|the Indian company|ITC Limited}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox company | name = Imperial Brands plc. | trade_name = Imperial Tobacco | logo = Imperial Brands logo.svg | logo_size = 200 | image = Imperial_Brands_offices,_Bristol.jpg | image_size = 250 | image_caption = Imperial Brands offices in Bristol, April 2014 | former_name = Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain & Ireland (1901{{endash}}1996)<br/>Imperial Tobacco Group plc. (1996{{endash}}2016)<ref name="CompaniesHouse">{{cite web |title=IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC overview |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03236483 |website=Companies House |date=13 March 1998 |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref> | type = Public | traded_as = {{LSE|IMB}}<br>FTSE 100 Component | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = {{collapsible list| * {{wd-chairperson}} * {{wd-ceo}} * Sir William Henry Wills, Bt. (first Chairman) * Sir George Alfred Wills, Bt. (former President) * The 1st Baron Dulverton (former President) }} | industry = Tobacco | products = {{hlist|Cigarettes|cigars|fine-cut rolling tobacco|rolling papers and tubes|snus|vapes|heated tobacco|oral nicotine}} | revenue = {{decrease}} £32.171&nbsp;billion (2025)<ref name=results>{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2025 |url=https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/content/dam/imperialbrands/corporate/documents/investor-hub/reports/oar-2025/imperial-brands-2025-annual-report.pdf.downloadasset.pdf |publisher=Imperial Brands |access-date=27 January 2026}}</ref> | operating_income = {{decrease}} £3.490&nbsp;billion (2025)<ref name=results/> | net_income = {{decrease}} £2.220&nbsp;billion (2025)<ref name=results/> | num_employees = 25,800 (2025)<ref name=results/> | subsid = * Fontem Ventures * Imperial Tobacco * ITG Brands * Altadis * Logista<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/About-us/Our-companies|title=Our companies|publisher=Imperial Brands|access-date=3 March 2019|archive-date=25 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125090947/http://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/About-us/Our-companies|url-status=dead}}</ref> | homepage = {{url|https://imperialbrandsplc.com}} | footnotes = Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1 | predecessor = W.D. & H.O. Wills | foundation = {{start date and age|1901}} | location = Bristol, England }}

'''Imperial Brands plc.''', still commonly known by its former name (and now trade name) '''Imperial Tobacco''',{{efn|Name used on tobacco products, such as cigarettes and rolling tobacco. The trade name is not used on non-tobacco products (other nicotine products, such as vaping or nicotine pouches), where the official name "Imperial Brands" is used.}} is a British multinational tobacco company headquartered in Bristol, England.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Hodgson |first=Joanna |date=2023-02-16 |title=Office days: The full list of average weekly working patterns at FTSE 100 firms |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/office-days-average-weekly-working-patterns-ftse-100-companies-exclusive-b1059365.html |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=Evening Standard}}</ref> It is the world's fourth-largest international cigarette company measured by market share (after Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco) and the world's largest producer of fine-cut tobacco and tobacco papers.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/profiles/7494521/Alison-Cooper-lighting-up-Imperial-Tobacco.html |title=Alison Cooper: lighting up Imperial Tobacco |work=The Telegraph |date=21 March 2010 |location=London |access-date=14 March 2014}}</ref> Imperial Brands is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.<ref>{{cite web |title=London Stock Exchange |url=https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/IMB/imperial-brands-plc/about:blank |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.londonstockexchange.com}}</ref>

Imperial Brands has 30 factories worldwide and its products are sold in around 120 countries.<ref name=factfile>{{cite web |url=http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/files/corporate_factfile.pdf |title=Corporate Fact File |access-date=4 September 2010 |publisher=Imperial Tobacco Group plc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902070716/http://www.imperial-tobacco.com//files/corporate_factfile.pdf |archive-date=2 September 2010}}</ref> Its tobacco brands include Davidoff, West, Golden Virginia, Drum and Rizla.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?page=399 |title=International strategic brands |access-date=4 September 2010 |publisher=Imperial Tobacco Group plc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228043802/http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?page=399 |archive-date=28 February 2009}}</ref> Imperial Brands's alternative nicotine products include the blu brand of electronic cigarettes, the Pulze and iD brands of heated tobacco systems, and the Zone X and Skruf brands of nicotine pouches.

Imperial Tobacco Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of British American Tobacco, and has no relationship to Imperial Brands. Similarly, Imperial Tobacco Company of India (now known as ITC Limited) is a separate company and has no relationship to Imperial Brands.

==History==

===1901 to 2000=== [[File:Imperial tobacco factory.jpg|thumb|left|Imperial Tobacco building in Raleigh Road, Bristol, constructed in 1912]] The Imperial Tobacco Company was created in 1901, in response to the price war in the British market promoted by James Buchanan Duke's American Tobacco Company. It amalgamated 13 British tobacco and cigarette companies: W.D. & H.O. Wills of Bristol (the leading manufacturer of tobacco products at that time), John Player & Sons of Nottingham, Stephen Mitchell & Son of Glasgow, and 10 other independent family businesses.<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?page=43 |title=Imperial Tobacco History&nbsp;– Formation |publisher=Imperial Tobacco |access-date=15 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301060642/http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?page=43 |archive-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="stead1901">{{cite book |last=Stead |first=W.T. |author-link=W. T. Stead |title=The Americanization of the World |url=https://archive.org/stream/americanizationo01stea#page/378/mode/2up |publisher=Horace Markley |year=1901 |pages=379–380}}</ref>

The other, smaller companies, involved in the amalgamation included Lambert & Butler, William Clarke & Son, Franklyn Davey, Edwards Ringer & Bigg, Hignett Brothers, Hignett's Tobacco, Adkins & Sons, Richmond Cavendish, D&J MacDonald, and F&J Smith. The printing and packaging firm Mardon, Son & Hall was absorbed in 1902. In 1904, James & Finlay Bell Ltd was merged into the Stephen Mitchell & Son branch. The company's first chairman was William Henry Wills of the Wills Company.<ref name="history" />

thumb|A {{convert|2|oz|adj=on}} tin for J&F Bell "Three Nuns" tobacco

In 1902, the Imperial Tobacco Company and the American Tobacco Company agreed to form a joint venture: the British-American Tobacco Company Ltd. The parent companies agreed not to trade in each other's domestic territory and to assign trademarks, export businesses, and overseas subsidiaries to the joint venture.<ref>Alford, B.W.E. ''W.D. & H.O. Wills and the development of the UK Tobacco industry, 1786–1965'', p. 269.</ref><ref>Cox, Howard. ''The Global Cigarette: Origins and Evolution of British American Tobacco'', 1880–1945, pp. 76–77</ref>

Imperial extended the tobacco-growing enterprises in the United States that W.D. & H.O. Wills had developed before the amalgamation of 1901. It also established its own leaf-buying organisation in the US based at the Imperial Tobacco Warehouse in Durham, North Carolina; this is now owned, and has been renovated by Measurement Incorporated. It built the Imperial Tobacco Company Building at Mullins, South Carolina, between 1908 and 1913.<ref name = nrhpinv>{{cite web |title=Imperial Tobacco Company Building |url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/marion/S10817734003/S10817734003.pdf |work=National Register of Historic Places&nbsp;— Nomination and Inventory |date=n.d. |access-date=22 February 2014}}</ref>

Whereas American Tobacco sold its share of BAT in 1911, a divestiture prompted by Supreme Court rulings in an anti-trust case, Imperial maintained an interest in British American Tobacco until 1980.<ref name="history"/> In 1973, the Imperial Tobacco Company, having become increasingly diversified by acquisition of (amongst others) restaurant chains, food services and distribution businesses, changed its name to Imperial Group while tobacco products continued to be sold by a newly formed subsidiary named Imperial Tobacco Limited.<ref>{{cite web |title=Imperial Tobacco History&nbsp;– Diversification |url=http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?page=43 |url-status=dead |publisher=Imperial Tobacco |access-date=15 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301060642/http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?page=43 |archive-date=1 March 2015}}</ref>

In 1986, the company was acquired by the conglomerate Hanson Trust plc for £2.5 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?page=43|title=Imperial Tobacco History&nbsp;– The Hanson Years|publisher=Imperial Tobacco|access-date=15 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301060642/http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?page=43|archive-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> Divestments during the period of ownership by Hanson included Courage Brewery to Elders, Golden Wonder to Dalgety, Finlays to Arunbhai J. Patel, the wholesaling arm of Sinclair & Collis to Palmer & Harvey, Imperial Hotels and Catering to Trust House Forte and Ross Frozen Foods to United Biscuits. This also led to a dispute over pension payments to employees, as seen in ''Imperial Group Pension Trust Ltd v Imperial Tobacco Ltd''.<ref>[1991] 1 WLR 589</ref>

In 1996, following a decision to concentrate on core tobacco activities, Hanson de-merged Imperial and it was listed as an independent company on the UK stock exchange.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?page=43|title=Imperial Tobacco History&nbsp;– The Company today|publisher=Imperial Tobacco|access-date=15 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301060642/http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?page=43|archive-date=1 March 2015}}</ref>

===2000 to present=== thumb|The former Reemtsma head office in Hamburg, Germany, pictured in July 2009 In 2003, Imperial acquired the world's then fourth-largest tobacco company, Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH of Germany: the deal added brands such as Davidoff, Peter Stuyvesant, and West to its portfolio.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-03-07 |title=Imperial buys top German cigarette maker |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1860105.stm |access-date=2026-05-14 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2007, Imperial Tobacco entered the United States tobacco market with its $1.9-billion acquisition of Commonwealth Brands Inc., then the fourth-largest tobacco company in the US.<ref name="AP-12-2007">{{Cite web |last=Bruce |first=Schreiner |title=Houchens expanding at a rapid pace: Company has evolved since Kentucky start |url=http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071224/BIZ/712240312/1076/rss01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208181608/http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071224/BIZ/712240312/1076/rss01 |archive-date=2012-12-08 |access-date=2026-05-14}}</ref>

In February 2008, Imperial acquired the world's then fifth-largest tobacco company, Altadis, whose brands included Fortuna, Gauloises Blondes, and Gitanes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Werdigier |first=Julia |last2=Burnett |first2=Victoria |date=2007-07-19 |title=Imperial Tobacco to Acquire Altadis for $17 Billion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/business/worldbusiness/19tobacco.html |access-date=2026-05-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> A number of factory closures were subsequently announced, including the longstanding cigar factory in Bristol.<ref>{{cite web |title=Imperial Tobacco Group PLC announces European integration restructuring projects |url=http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?page=78&newsid=608 |url-status=dead |publisher=Imperial Tobacco |date=19 June 2008 |access-date=29 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005060853/http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?page=78&newsid=608 |archive-date=5 October 2015}}</ref>

Following the Scottish Parliament's decision in January 2010 to ban the display of tobacco products in shops, as well as the availability of tobacco vending machines in public buildings with effect from late 2011, Imperial Tobacco attempted to challenge the change in the law on the grounds that regulations of the sale goods rested with the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. This case was dismissed on 30 September 2010 by Lord Bracadale in the Court of Session in Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tobacco firm loses legal battle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11442855 |publisher=BBC News |date=30 September 2010}}</ref>

In 2011, Altadis USA Inc. said it would add to its Fort Lauderdale, Florida, headquarters and move Commonwealth Brands Inc. employees from Bowling Green, Kentucky.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cigar Company to Create 55 Jobs in Fort Lauderdale|work=Sun-Sentinel|date=29 June 2011|page=1D}}</ref> The company's name changed to Commonwealth-Altadis Inc.<ref>{{cite news|title=9-to-5 News|work=Daily News|date=7 December 2011}}</ref> In 2013, Imperial opened a new global headquarters in Bristol.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/New-ultra-green-offices-reflect-company-ethos/story-19511088-detail/story.html|title=New, ultra-green offices 'reflect company ethos'|date=12 July 2013|work=Bristol Post|access-date=10 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403112237/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/New-ultra-green-offices-reflect-company-ethos/story-19511088-detail/story.html|archive-date=3 April 2015}}</ref>

In April 2014, Imperial announced the closure of its long-running Horizon factory in Nottingham. The factory closed in 2016, marking the end of cigarette production in England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Last English-produced cigarettes made in Nottingham |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-36324884 |publisher=BBC News |date=21 May 2016 |access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref>

On 15 July 2014, Reynolds American agreed to buy Greensboro, North Carolina–based Lorillard Tobacco Company for $27.4 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/reynolds-american-to-buy-lorillard-for-27-4-billion/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|title=To Compete With Altria, Reynolds American Is Buying Lorillard|first=Michael J. de la Merced and Chad|last=Bray|date=15 July 2014 }}</ref> The deal also included the sale of the Kool, Winston, Salem, and blu eCigs brands to Imperial for $7.1 billion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/07/15/feeling-blu-e-cig-company-spun-off-in-major-tobacco-deal.html|title=Feeling blu? E-cig company spun off in major tobacco deal|first=Dan|last=Mangan|publisher=CNBC|date=15 July 2014}}</ref> In November 2014, Imperial said Commonwealth-Altadis and the Lorillard operations being acquired would be called ITG Brands LLC.<ref>{{cite news|title=Imperial Tobacco chooses name for proposed expanded U.S. subsidiary|last=Craver|first=Richard|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=6 November 2014|page=A9}}</ref> The deal with Lorillard was completed on 12 June 2015, and as part of the deal, Greensboro became the location of the ITG headquarters.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.journalnow.com/business/business_news/local/itg-s-florida-workforce-not-moving-to-greensboro/article_840a4d84-1472-11e5-b083-133f811abc3d.html|title=ITG's Florida workforce not moving to Greensboro|last=Craver|first=Richard|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=16 June 2015|access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> On 1 November 2018, ITG announced production would move from the former American Tobacco Company plant in Reidsville, North Carolina, built in 1892, and later expanded, to Greensboro by 2020. The plant made USA Gold, Sonoma, Montclair and Rave.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.greensboro.com/business/local_business/itg-brands-moving-tobacco-production-from-reidsville-to-greensboro/article_67b26f83-d734-50b6-95a9-ca7b275ff9e4.html|title=ITG Brands moving tobacco production from Reidsville to Greensboro |work=News & Record|date=1 November 2018|access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref>

thumb|Former logo of the company, used until 2016 when it changed to "Imperial Brands"

In February 2016, Imperial changed its name to "Imperial Brands" to distance itself from tobacco.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/233947/imperial-tobacco-is-rebranding-to-imperial-brands|title=Imperial Tobacco is rebranding to Imperial Brands|date=5 February 2016|publisher=City AM|access-date=25 March 2016}}</ref> In 2018, a subsidiary, Imperial Brands Ventures, took a stake in Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies which is licensed by the UK government to develop cannabis-based medicines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44645569|title=Tobacco giant Imperial Brands invests in medical cannabis|publisher=BBC News|date=28 June 2018|access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref> In November 2019, after searching for a new chairman since February, the company announced its senior independent director Thérèse Esperdy would take the role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidermedia.com/news/south-west/new-chairman-revealed-at-imperial-brands-as-revenues-rise-but-profits-fall|title=New chairman revealed at Imperial Brands|last=Media|first=Insider|website=Insider Media Ltd |access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ralph |first=Alex |date=2022-11-16 |title=9BD |url=https://9bd.dev/ |access-date=2026-05-14 |language=en-GB}}</ref> In July 2020, Stefan Bomhard, the former chief executive of global automotive distributor Inchcape and former president of Bacardi Europe, became chief executive of Imperial Brands.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hancock |first=Alice |date=3 February 2020 |title=Imperial Brands names new chief executive |url=https://www.ft.com/content/cd417bfa-4657-11ea-aee2-9ddbdc86190d |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260213103646/https://www.ft.com/content/cd417bfa-4657-11ea-aee2-9ddbdc86190d |archive-date=2026-02-13 |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=www.ft.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2021, Imperial Brands opened an office in Hammersmith, West London.<ref name=":0" /> In the same year, the company launched the Pulze heated tobacco device and compatible iD sticks in selected European markets. The company has also launched Zone X, an oral nicotine brand, in several European countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tobaccotactics.org/article/nicotine-pouches/|title=Nicotine Pouches|publisher=University of Bath|access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref>

In 2022 and 2023, Imperial Brands launched blu 2.0, an upgrade to its blu vaping device, in the UK and several other countries.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ralph |first=Alex |date=2023-07-04 |title=Smokers crave alternative, says Imperial boss |website=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/smokers-crave-alternative-says-imperial-boss-3bcndsfn7 |access-date=2023-07-04 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> In 2023, the company introduced Pulze 2.0, an updated version of its heated tobacco device.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-24 |title=Pulze 2.0, presentato il nuovo dispositivo di Imperial Brands |url=https://stream24.ilsole24ore.com/video/italia/pulze-20-presentato-nuovo-dispositivo-imperial-brands/AEMq9R9C |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=Il Sole 24 ORE |language=it|trans-title=Pulze 2.0, the new device from Imperial Brands presented}}</ref>

In 2024, Imperial Brands launched iSENZIA, tobacco-free nicotine sticks made from green tea leaves and designed for use with the Pulze device.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mosca |first=Claudia |date=2024-05-15 |title=Imperial Brands Italia lancia iSENZIA: stick con nicotina e zero tabacco |url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/economia/notizie-aziende/imperial-brands-italia-lancia-isenzia-stick-con-nicotina-zero-tabacco-917460.html |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=Affaritaliani.it |language=it-IT|trans-title=Imperial Brands Italy launches iSENZIA: nicotine sticks with zero tobacco}}</ref> In 2025, the company introduced Pulze 3.0, featuring further updates to technology, design and usability.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marciano |first=Elisabetta |date=2025-09-18 |title=Imperial Brands Italia presenta PULZE 3.0, la nuova frontiera del piacere senza combustione |url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/economia/notizie-aziende/imperial-brands-italia-presenta-pulze-3-0-la-nuova-frontiera-del-piacere-senza-combustione-984612.html |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=Affaritaliani.it |language=it-IT|trans-title=Imperial Brands Italy presents PULZE 3.0, the new frontier of pleasure without combustion}}</ref>

==Archives== The principal companies involved in setting up Imperial Tobacco were W. D. & H. O. Wills Limited and John Player & Sons of Nottingham. Bristol Archives holds extensive records of W D & H O Wills and Imperial Tobacco (Ref. 38169).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.bristol.gov.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=38169&pos=1 |title=W D & H O Wills and Imperial Tobacco: online catalogue|publisher=Bristol City Council|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref> Nottinghamshire Archives hold the John Player and Sons collections (main ref. DD/PL).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nawcat.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/DServe/advancedsearch.htm|title=John Player and Sons: online catalogue|publisher=Nottinghamshire County Council|access-date=7 April 2017|archive-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022054709/http://nawcat.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/DServe/advancedsearch.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The archives at Liverpool Central Library hold records of the Ogden Branch (Ref. 380 OGD).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=380+OGD&pos=1 |title=Ogden Branch: online catalogue|publisher=Liverpool City Council|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref>

==Products== The company's brands include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/about-us/brand-portfolio.html|title=Brand portfolio|publisher=Imperial Brands|access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>

===Cigarettes=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * All Japan Tobacco products in Australia—Camel, More, Mevius, among others * Bastos (cigarette) * Ducados * Dutch Masters (cigar) * Backwoods Smokes * Brandon's * Capstan{{refn|along with British American Tobacco|group=note|name=bat}} * Carlton * Crowns * Davidoff * Embassy * Escort{{refn|British American Tobacco's old products|group=note|name=batold}} * Excellence * Fortuna * Gauloises * Gitanes * Horizon * John Player & Sons * John Player Best * Kool * Lambert & Butler{{refn|Because Imperial Tobacco does not own the trademark on the original name, Lambert & Butler is known in some countries as L&B or Great & British|group=note|name=aust}} * Mark Fernyhough * Maverick * Moon * Parker & Simpson * Peter Stuyvesant (in Australia and New Zealand; brand owned by British American Tobacco elsewhere) * Prima * R1 * Regal * Richmond * Rodeo (in North Macedonia) * Route 66 * Royale * Salem (in the United States; brand owned by Japan Tobacco elsewhere) * Superkings * USA Gold * West * Winston (in the United States; brand owned by Japan Tobacco elsewhere) * Woodbine {{div col end}}

===Other tobacco and nicotine products=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}}

====Fine-cut tobacco==== * Bali Shag * Champion Legendary * Drum * Golden Virginia * Players Gold Leaf * Van Nelle

====Rolling papers==== * Rizla+ * Tally-Ho * White Ox

====Snus==== * Skruf Snus

====Vapes==== * blu * Pulze and iD * ZoneX {{div col end}}

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Fortuna cigarettes (Spain) - front.jpg|Fortuna cigarettes packet File:Gauloises Blondes.JPG|Packets of Gauloises Blondes cigarettes File:Drum Original Tobacco.jpg|A packet of Drum tobacco File:LEXMARK-SCAN 005.jpg|Rizla+ King Size Silver Slims File:Skruf.JPG|Skruf snus </gallery>

==Operations== The Nottingham factory and the group's French factory in Nantes closed in 2016, with production moved to Eastern Europe.<ref name="ft.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/49283930-c4a3-11e3-b2fb-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49283930-c4a3-11e3-b2fb-00144feabdc0.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Imperial Tobacco to cut jobs and shut factories in UK and France|work=Financial Times|date=15 April 2014|access-date=15 March 2015|last1=Robinson|first1=Duncan|last2=Carnegy|first2=Hugh}}</ref>

== Controversies == In May 2022, ''The Times'' reported that the company had lobbied politicians in Scotland. Ivan McKee, the trade minister, was the highest-ranking government official who had met with the executives from Imperial Brands: he met them twice in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Macaskill |first=Mark |title=Tobacco firms lobbied politicians in Scotland in 'breach of WHO treaty' |newspaper=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/tobacco-firms-lobbied-politicians-scotland-breach-who-treaty-tznmvh6s3 |access-date=2022-05-31 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last=Alford |first= Bernard William Ernest (B.W.E) |title=W.D. & H.O. Wills and the development of the UK Tobacco industry, 1786–1965 |year=1973 |publisher=Methuen |location=London |pages=500 |isbn=}} * {{cite book |last=Cox |first=Howard |title=The Global Cigarette: Origins and Evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880–1945 |year=2000 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |pages=401 |isbn=}} {{refend}}

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