British American Tobacco has been operating in Poland since 1991.In 1995 the company took over PWT Augustów S.A.by acquisition of 33% of shares from the State Treasury. At present British American Tobacco holds 96.22% shares of the Augustów company called British American Tobacco Polska S.A. In 2008 British American Tobacco acquired Scandinavian Tobacco Group S/A, whose subsidiary on the Polish market was Scandinavian Tobacco S.A. In July 2009 British American Tobacco Polska S.A. and Scandinavian Tobacco S.A. established a new commercial company which took over their marketing and trade business units. The former two companies remain purely production businesses. As a result of these changes, British American Tobacco operates on the Polish market under three companies: British American Tobacco Polska S.A. in Augustow, British American Tobacco Group Polska S.A. (former Scandinavian Tobacco S.A.) in Jawornik and British American Tobacco Polska Trading Sp. z o.o. based in Warsaw. The core activity of the companies in Poland is production and sale of the following cigarette brands: Vogue, Kent, Pall Mall, Viceroy, Dunhill, Lucky Strike, Golden American, Jan III Sobieski, Prince, Slim Camelia, Cristal, Main, Nevada, Rockets, Iguana. The company also runs active social dialogue which is part of its global CSR strategy www.odpowiedzialnosc.pl