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In this report we provide an overview of how Dutch institutional investors cope with tobacco investments and provide institutional investors with recommendations on how to for- mulate their own policy concerning tobacco. The findings are based on a questionnaire and in-depth interviews with institutional investors and experts.<\/p>\n<p>Key findings include that of the responding institutional investors, 53% do not have a policy on tobacco. However, there are large differences between the types of institutional investors. For example, in the insurance sector, only 9% of the respondents have not created a policy. This is in sharp contrast to the responding pension funds of which 73% do not have a policy on tobacco.<\/p>\n<p>When performing the literature study, four important \u2018myths\u2019 were discovered about investing in tobacco. 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