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UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 15: Benson & Hedges cigarette packet photographed in London, UK., Friday, December 15, 2006. Japan Tobacco Inc., the world's third-largest cigarette maker, agreed to buy Gallaher Group Plc for 7.5 billion pounds ($14.7 billion) in the nation's biggest overseas takeover. (Photo by Alan Weller/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 15:  Benson & Hedges cigarette packet photographed in London, UK., Friday, December 15, 2006. Japan Tobacco Inc., the world's third-largest cigarette maker, agreed to buy Gallaher Group Plc for 7.5 billion pounds ($14.7 billion) in the nation's biggest overseas takeover.  (Photo by Alan Weller/Bloomberg via Getty Images)