Italy's antitrust fines BAT and Amazon for misleading advertising on heated tobacco
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ROME, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust agency AGCM said on Wednesday it handed a 7-million-euro ($7.5 million) fine to British American Tobacco (BAT) and Amazon for misleading advertising on heated tobacco products.
BAT was fined 6 million euros and Amazon 1 million euros for failing to properly inform consumers about the nicotine content and corresponding health risks in the Glo Hyper X2 and Glo Hyper Air products, AGCM said in a statement.
($1 = 0.9340 euros) (Reporting by Alvise Armellini, editing by Alessandro Parodi)
