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17 July 2020
President Company, Incorporated
President and Chief Executive Officer、Mr. Yoshiaki Nagasaka

Manabu Sakuta,

Chairperson, Japan Society for

Tobacco Control, General incorporated

Concerning the violation of international treaties by the "JT Award"

Recently in your magazine, I have viewed recruitment articles for the "environmental
photo contest". One of them shows a "JT Award", but I would like to notify you thatsponsoring such a contest violates the "WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control" (FCTC).

Firstly, the FCTC Article 5.3 (3) and its guidelines1) state that "signatory nations do
not endorse, support, cooperate with, or participate in corporate social responsibility(CSR) activities from the tobacco industry. They also do not generally publicize
expenditures on CSR activities. Any kind of administrative organization in the publicsector—including in government, society, finance, education and the localcommunity—should not be permitted to receive any donations from the tobacco
industry or those who work for its benefit."

Next, FCTC Article 13 and its guidelines2) state that "a comprehensive prohibition on
tobacco advertising, sales promotion, and sponsorship activities includes the following
items: all advertising, sales promotion, sponsorship activities.” “Without exception,
signatory parties should prohibit donations from of tobacco companies in any form toany event, activity or individual."

After acquiring unanimous consent and approval from the Diet, Japan ratified theFCTC in 2004 and became the 19th signatory nation. The FCTC is the first multilateralinternational treaty to be implemented in the field of public health, and our nation mustcomply with the FCTC in accordance with Article 98, paragraph 2 of the Japaneseconstitution. Consequently, it is illegal for JT to act as such a sponsor of the"environmental photo contest".

Tobacco causes 100,000 deaths in active smoking and 15,000 deaths in passive
smoking each year in Japan; it causes many diseases including lung cancer, laryngeal
cancer and heart disease. It has been repeatedly proven through the scientific methodthat tobacco causes many diseases and is more generally harmful, and the WHOappeals to each member country to take drastic regulatory measures against "thelargest preventable epidemic". In addition, tobacco destroys the global environment
both through the production process and as a waste product, and thus generates asignificant negative effect on the health humans, animals, and plants.

Should your company not maintain corporate compliance and remove JT as acorporate sponsor of the "environmental photo contest"?

We would kindly like to hear your company’s thoughts on this matter in writing byJuly 31st.

Also, please note that we can send a copy of this text to the eight other supporting
companies and a range of news organizations to strongly raise the point that JT isviolating international treaties.

Conclusion
1) “Framework Convention on Tobacco Control” (FCTC) Article 5 paragraph 3guidelines
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/topics/tobacco/dl/fctc_5-3_guideline_120506.pdf

2) Article 13 guidelines

http://www.nosmoke55.jp/data/cop3_13_200811.pdf