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Dear Mr Alebshehy,

Thank you for your request dated 20^th February 2023 for the following
information:

Please provide a list of any and all contact your organisation and/or
staff have had with British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan
Tobacco International, Philip Morris International, as well as any other
domestic or transnational tobacco companies or anyone representing the
tobacco industry including subsidiaries of tobacco industry.

I would like this information for the period from 1 April 2021 to 20
February 2023.

Contact would primarily include attending or arranging meetings or
functions, and responding to correspondence or phone calls.

Please break down the information by:
• Tobacco company or representative’s name
• Date of contact(s)
• Type of contact (meeting, email, letter, phone call, text/app message or
video call, e-card or any other form of electronic communication)
• Place of contact, if relevant
• Purpose of contact
• Outcome of contact, including if no action taken

We aim to deal with your request as quickly as possible and within 20
working days in line with The Freedom of Information Act. We will contact
you again should we have any queries and/or once the request is complete.

If in the meantime you have any further queries or would like to discuss
your case, please contact us quoting the above reference number.

Kind regards,

Shannon Murphy l Data Protection Support Officer l HR, OD & Transformation

[1]thurrock.gov.uk l Thurrock Council, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays,
Essex RM17 6SL

An ambitious and collaborative community which is proud of its heritage
and excited by its diverse opportunities and future

From: Raouf Alebshehy <[FOI #952097 email]>
Sent: 20 February 2023 13:31
To: [email address]
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Contacts with tobacco industry

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click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know
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Dear colleagues,

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to
which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please provide a list of any and all contact your organisation and/or
staff have had with British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan
Tobacco International, Philip Morris International, as well as any other
domestic or transnational tobacco companies or anyone representing the
tobacco industry including subsidiaries of tobacco industry.

I would like this information for the period from 1 April 2021 to 20
February 2023.

Contact would primarily include attending or arranging meetings or
functions, and responding to correspondence or phone calls.

Please break down the information by:
• Tobacco company or representative’s name
• Date of contact(s)
• Type of contact (meeting, email, letter, phone call, text/app message or
video call, e-card or any other form of electronic communication)
• Place of contact, if relevant
• Purpose of contact
• Outcome of contact, including if no action taken

I request that the information be provided electronically. I would be
grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this
request.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the
information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section
12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations
of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or
phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss
the request, my details are outlined below.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Raouf Alebshehy

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Dear Mr Alebshehy,

Thank you for your recent communication which is being managed in line
with the Freedom of Information Act under the above reference number.  The
details of your request are outlined below together with the council’s
response.

Your request and our response

Please provide a list of any and all contact your organisation and/or
staff have had with British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan
Tobacco International, Philip Morris International, as well as any other
domestic or transnational tobacco companies or anyone representing the
tobacco industry including subsidiaries of tobacco industry.

I would like this information for the period from 1 April 2021 to 20
February 2023.

Contact would primarily include attending or arranging meetings or
functions, and responding to correspondence or phone calls.
Please break down the information by:
• Tobacco company or representative’s name

3 x contacts with Imperial Tobacco Limited – Salvatore Loscalzo

• Date of contact(s)

2 x 20^th July 2021

1 x 9^th February 2021

• Type of contact (meeting, email, letter, phone call, text/app message or
video call, e-card or any other form of electronic communication)

Email

• Place of contact, if relevant

N/A

• Purpose of contact

To arrange for seized goods to be examined to confirm if counterfeit or
not

• Outcome of contact, including if no action taken

Statement from Mr Loscalzo

You are free to use any information supplied to you for your own use,
including non-commercial research purposes.  However, any other type of
re-use, for example, by publishing the information or issuing copies to
the public will require the permission of the copyright owner.

Where the copyright is owned by Thurrock Council, you must apply to the
Council to re-use the information.  Please email
[1][Thurrock Borough Council request email] if you wish to re-use the
information you have been supplied. For information where the copyright is
owned by another person or organisation, you must apply to the copyright
owner to obtain their permission.

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which the council have managed
your FOI request you can pursue an Internal Review by contacting us using
the above email address. Your request will be considered by a senior
member of the Information Management Team who will update you with the
outcome of the review. 

If you remain unhappy following the outcome of your Internal Review you
may wish to refer your case to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
and details of this organisation can be found at [2]www.ico.org.uk .
Please be advised that the ICO will not consider your case until they have
confirmation that you have already been through the Internal Review stage
with the council.

Many thanks

Kind regards,

Daniel Thomas-Cooper Information Governance Apprentice l HR, OD &
Transformation

[3]thurrock.gov.uk l t +44 (0) 1375 652242

Thurrock Council, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays, Essex RM17 6SL

An ambitious and collaborative community which is proud of its heritage
and excited by its diverse opportunities and future

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