Another tricky week, with British American Tobacco (BAT) shares smouldering enticingly under R650 as I write.

The group’s core cigarette business still shows remarkable life in a market that is slowly being stubbed out. But there is so much written about the new “healthier” product ranges in the latest financial report that the old smoke market feels almost secondary. ..

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