Posted on 02/13/2002 1:24:46 AM PST by 2Trievers
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:59 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
It's tough to argue with the Lorillard Tobacco Co.'s explanation of the current dust-up over those in-your-face anti-smoking ads.
After all, says Lorillard spokesman Steve Watson, "What manufacturer of a legal consumer product in this country would remain silent when accused of adding dog urine to its product?"
Good question. I'm stumped.
So now, the combatants in the Tobacco Wars are poised for yet another court battle, and this one stands a good chance of watering down those aggressive - and apparently effective - smoking-prevention ads.
All because of that bit with the dog urine.
(Excerpt) Read more at ctnow.com ...
They'd go bankrupt in processing them.
;-)
My money is on Lay-Z-Boy Co.
Your points are well-taken, but not totally accurate. During the Waxman interrogation--which virtually everyone mis-remembers because the media has mis-reminded them--the tobacco executives were asked whether they "believed" nicotine was addictive. You cannot call that a lie. I don't believe it is either, particularly since I know how that definition came about. And Big Tobacco began losing lawsuits, not because the jurors were pissed, but because the lawmakers changed the laws making it impossible for them to mount a defense. Lawton Chiles in Florida was the first to do so by adding a rider to a certain-to-be-passed bill in a midnight vote, and after the tobacco companies lost, the law was quietly changed back so it wouldn't affect other, more "reputable" and politically correct industries. Then, of course, the money started to flow and the rest is history. Up until now, at least.
Goota love the Lefties... even if it's bad or illegal, if it satisfies their agenda, it's a shame to lose it.
John Banzhaf, scum-sucking attorney and founder of ASH, the biggest, nastiest anti-smoker bunch in the world, has already filed a lawsuit against Big Food in the form of McDonald's. Their greed knows no bounds.
Janet Reno spent five years and $20 million trying to do that. She couldn't because they didn't. Read the transcripts and see what they really said. Had the question been asked another way, maybe they'd be liable, but it wasn't. What someone believes, regardless of what they may have been told by someone else, can never be a "lie" nor can it be perjury. (BC might have been wiser to say "I don't believe I ever had sex with that woman!")
Wow! The Associaton Game can be fun!
What's wrong with this stuff? Looks like everything a growing boy needs. Sorry, just had to say it. As a former smoker and a lifelong user of 'smokeless' tobacco here on Tobacco Road itself, I just don't see the big deal. If you want to smoke, smoke. If you don't, don't. But the 'truth' ads are not only misleading, they're annoying
That's what I like about Ocean Spray brand Menthol Cigarettes! That fruity flavor!
R.J. Reynolds wouldn't be buying out Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co, if there was not a substantial market for them.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RJR - news) today announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement with Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. Under the agreement, RJR is acquiring 100 percent of the shares of the privately held Santa Fe for $340 million in cash. RJR expects to close the acquisition in January 2002, following regulatory and Santa Fe shareholder approvals.
``This acquisition is right in line with RJR's goal of maximizing shareholder value and it will benefit RJR shareholders in the short and long term,'' said Andrew J. Schindler, chairman and CEO of RJR. ``Santa Fe is a strong and profitable company. Its brand, Natural American Spirit, is a highly differentiated, growing premium brand. RJR's goal is to enhance the strength of Santa Fe, the equity of Natural American Spirit and the company's relationship with its consumers.''
In the 12 months ending September 30, 2001, Santa Fe had net sales of $94.2 million and net income of $26.7 million. In the past five years, the company's net sales have tripled. Natural American Spirit is sold domestically and internationally with an approximate .21 share of the U.S. market.
Organic cigarettes new fad for "health-conscious" smokers [CMAJ - Jan. 13, 1998] News and analysis
Organic cigarettes new fad for "health-conscious" smokers
CMAJ 1998;158:13© 1998 Gil Kezwer
Next time you're stocking up on granola at the health food store, you may find another unadulterated product that is becoming popular in Canada and the US -- organically grown American Spirit cigarettes manufactured by New Mexico's Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company. They are currently available at more than a dozen sites across Canada.Robin Sommers, Santa Fe's president and CEO, says the New Age smokes are made from whole-leaf tobacco and contain no chemical additives, preservatives, reconstituted sheet tobacco, stems, flavourings, moisteners or burning agents. In contrast, popular American-blend cigarettes contain only 60% of shred cut from tobacco lamina. Although they have higher levels of nicotine and tar than conventional smokes, the all-natural cigarettes contain none of the many substances that major tobacco companies have disclosed are added to their products. Sommers stops short of claiming his American Spirit cigarettes are healthy, but disingenuously notes that no studies have been done on them. A health-conscious runner, he doesn't smoke.
The premium-price cigarettes are available in regular filter, menthol filter, unfiltered and "Pow Wow Blend"; the latter is a combination of tobacco and herbs like red willow bark and sage, as well as organic pouch tobacco. Sold under the company's thunderbird icon, packages feature a silhouette of an Indian in a feathered headdress puffing on a long-stemmed peace pipe. The politically correct products are advertised in alternative magazines such as Mother Earth News, Vegetarian Times and the Utne Reader.
No sales figures are released for the privately owned company, but industry analysts estimate that its 1997 sales will top US$55 million. Sales are especially brisk in San Francisco and Seattle and in college towns like Madison, Wis. Overseas markets are also being considered.
The company's success in riding the 1990s' lust for natural products has spurred several major cigarette manufacturers to begin marketing their own "microsmokes." The Philip Morris Co. has introduced Dave's, while R.J. Reynolds created its Moonlight Tobacco subsidiary to market products with names like Sedona and Planet.
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