Big tobacco pursues a better addiction - harder to quit and easier to get hooked
big tobacco is an early role model in totally irresponsible and socially destructive coporate behavior... you'd think that, after shelling out billions in liability lawsuits and being shown to be the greedy vampires that they are, they'd at least opt to not make things worse... but, n-o-o-o-o-o-o-o...
with both a mother and a father-in-law dead of emphysema, i know first-hand what smoking can do... these people should be permanently barred from doing business in the united states... if other countries were smart, they'd do the same thing... in my travels, i see how the tobacco companies blatantly push their deadly product in countries around the world, particularly to the young... even the alcoholic beverage folks don't target as aggressively as the cigarette producers do... Submit To Propeller
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The level of nicotine found in U.S. cigarettes has risen about 10 percent in the past six years, making it harder to quit and easier to get hooked, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Department of Health.
The study shows a steady climb in the amount of nicotine delivered to the lungs of smokers regardless of brand, with overall nicotine yields increasing by about 10 percent.
with both a mother and a father-in-law dead of emphysema, i know first-hand what smoking can do... these people should be permanently barred from doing business in the united states... if other countries were smart, they'd do the same thing... in my travels, i see how the tobacco companies blatantly push their deadly product in countries around the world, particularly to the young... even the alcoholic beverage folks don't target as aggressively as the cigarette producers do... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
8/30/2006
