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Gallaher Group is a major British based multinational tobacco company. It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Gallaher operates primarily in the United Kingdom and Europe, with much smaller operations in Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

For the year ended 31 December 2004 turnover was $8.115 billion of $5.568 billion was tobacco duty. Profit before tax was $429 million and net profit was $290 million. Gallaher is the smallest of the three major quoted British tobacco groups; the other two are BAT and Imperial Tobacco. A few years ago, Gallaher bought Austria's former nationalized biggest tobacco-company Austria Tabak.