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The Tobacco Industry’s Lies: The Human Toll

The Tobacco Industry’s Lies: The Human Toll. A human being dies from tobacco every 6 ½ seconds. Tobacco kills 1200 Americans every single day. More Americans die every week from tobacco. than those that died in the 9/11/01 attacks.

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The Tobacco Industry’s Lies: The Human Toll

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  1. The Tobacco Industry’s Lies:The Human Toll

  2. A human being dies from tobacco every 6½ seconds

  3. Tobacco kills 1200 Americansevery single day

  4. More Americans die every week from tobacco than those that died in the 9/11/01 attacks

  5. the tobacco industry is the vector (cause and source) of disease

  6. In 2006, the US Department of Justice ruled that big tobacco violated fraud and racketeering laws over the course of the last several decades, and that its illegal actions continue today.

  7. This fraud caused millions of deaths.The industry knowingly provided false and confusing information to people.People make the decision to smoke based on this false information.

  8. This presentation is dedicated to the millions of casualtiesand those now suffering from addictionscaused by an industry that lies about its products,adds addictive chemicals,and doesn’t even provide a list of ingredients on its package.

  9. never forget them

  10. The tobacco industry must be stopped.

  11. “In 1997, I had cancer surgery and stopped smoking. I had smoked since I was 8 years old. “Now I have terminal cancer.“I think everyone should stop.”−C.H., Sylvan Beach, New York

  12. “2/7/1964: The American Medical Association (AMA) accepted a $10 million grant for tobacco research from six cigarette companies. “The AMA immediately shelved its plans to issue a report on tobacco's relationship to cancer. “The official AMA word on smoking and health wasn’t issued for another 10 years.” −www.Tobacco.orgTobacco killed millions during that time.

  13. “(2/28/1964): A few days after accepting $10 million from six cigarette makers, the American Medical Association (AMA) told the Federal Trade Commission that they objected to labeling cigarettes as a health hazard.”−www.Tobacco.orgTobacco continued to kill millions.

  14. “If you are really and truly not going to sell to children, you are going to be out of business in 30 years.” −Bennett LeBow, Liggett/Brooke Group, Ltd. “Today’s teenage is tomorrow’s potential regular customer… the smoking patterns of teenagers are particularly important to Philip Morris.” −1981 Philip Morris Report

  15. “We are presently, and I believe unfairly, constrained from directly promoting cigarettes to the youth market.” —1973 Internal Memo, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company (makers of Winston)

  16. A September 15, 1989 RJR document . . . reported on Camel marketing at . . . a festival that offered “kiddy rides, vendor booths, and live entertainment on both stages.” A similar Dallas event included a midway area with carnival rides for the children: “Camel presence, as a major sponsor, was certainly realized by all those at the event. 25 large banners were hung around the perimeter of the park. The Camel 30-ft. inflatable giant pack was situated next to the main stage.” A Camel basketball game in a “freestanding booth with banners, flags and giant packs” was located in the midway area with children’s carnival rides which achieved “maximum brand impact.”

  17. “Most of all losing my daughter’s mother was very rough on my child. She’s 7 years old. “About 1½ months ago my mother passed away from emphysema. For 4 years she was sick, the last 4 months in the hospital. She was a smoker, and it took her life away. “So if you smoke, you should quit because it catches up with you in the long run.” —P.L., Oneida, New York

  18. “Sufficient evidence was presented that a tobacco company … had policies of preventing harmful information from becoming available to the public…” −Opinion of the Missouri Court of Appeals, 7/31/07, Smith vs. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

  19. “Tobacco … is currently responsible for the death of one in ten adults worldwide (about 5 million deaths each year).” −World Health Organization

  20. Tobacco kills half its regular users.−World Health Organization

  21. “In 1978, Lorrilard Tobacco companies discussed how to market Newport cigarettes to kids. Discussion subjects included: sponsoring youth sports teams; . . . scholarships for underprivileged youth; . . . and sponsoring Miss Black Teenager contests. “A 1978 Lorillard memo said, ‘The . . . base of our business is the high school student.’” —US Department of Justice

  22. “…documents show that Philip Morris provided consideration (payment) for movie makers to include smoking in their movies, including features like The Muppet Movie and others intended for young children.” –Action on Smoking and Health “Corporate got another call from another reporter…on product placement…This reporter did ask about The Muppet Movie… “… we cannot say one way or the other whether the product for this movie came from us or not. I think that's about all we can tell the reporter.” —Philip Morris Internal Memo

  23. “From Smoking Boom, a Major Killer of Women For Jean Rommes, the crisis came five years ago, on a Monday morning when she had planned to go to work but wound up in the hospital, barely able to breathe. She was 59, the president of a small company in Iowa. Although she had quit smoking a decade earlier, 30 years of cigarettes had taken their toll….’Womenstarted smoking in what I call the Virginia Slims era, when they started sponsoring sporting events,’ said Dr. Barry J. Make, a lung specialist.” November 29, 2007

  24. “Denise Grady, a science writer for the New York Times (NYT), … has also written for several publications including Scientific American, TIME, Discover and Reader's Digest. … In writing for TIME magazine, Grady was unable to mention in any article the negative impact of smoking tobacco because a large source of advertising revenue TIME magazine received was from tobacco companies….”−The Colgate Maroon-News, March 1, 2007

  25. "By the time statistics in the 1980s showed that women's rate of lung cancer is approaching men's, the necessity of taking cigarette ads has become a kind of prison.”−Gloria Steinem, regarding income for advertising cigarettes in Ms. Magazine

  26. “3 packs per day of Old Gold. I smoked for almost 30 years. I started having stomach problems, went to the doctor and had tests. Found out I had spastic colon and smoking irritated it. Was advised to quit. “I threw away the cigarettes and have not touched one in 20 years!”−J.F., Oneida, New York

  27. “Philip Morris’s representatives met with Merrell Dow on several occasions and attempted to shut down the marketing and sale of Nicorette (quit smoking gum).” − Tobacco Control Legal Consortium “To reduce the health effects of smoking, the best thing to do is to quit.” −Philip Morris web site, 2007 hmmmmmm

  28. “If current smoking patterns continue, tobacco will cause some 10 million deaths each year by 2020. “Half the people that smoke today−that is about 650 million people−will eventually be killed by tobacco.”−World Health Organization

  29. British American Tobacco Company Internal Memo Philip Morris presented to the UK industry their global strategy on environmental tobacco smoke … they are proposing to set up a team of scientists…to…carry out work on ETS to keep the controversy alive. They are spending vast amounts of money to do so…Because of the heavy financial burden, Philip Morris are inviting other companies to join them in these activities…Philip Morris strategy is perhaps questionable in some respects e.g. involvement of lawyers at such a fundamental scientific levels disadvantages in perception of what will only be perceived as a ‘pro-industry’ group of scientists. “Defendants crafted and implemented a broad strategy to undermine and distort the evidence indicting passive smoke as a health hazard. Defendants’ …attempted to deceive the public, distort the scientific record, avoid adverse findings by government agencies, and forestall indoor air restrictions. Defendants’ conduct with respect to passive smoking continues to this day, when currently no Defendant publicly admits that passive exposure to cigarette smoke causes disease or other adverse health effects.”—US Department of Justice, 2006

  30. “I smoked for 15 years & have been smoke free for 20 years. It was a tough job quitting, but the best thing I’ve ever done for my health!“We have 4 children and our college student now smokes. The rest of us are devastated & dumbfounded as to why he would smoke after all we taught him. We are confident that he will quit soon & be proud of his decision.”−P.L., Oneida, New York

  31. “…students who acted as ‘pushers’ or unofficial advertising men for tobacco companies face loss of their jobs…Traditionally, the so-called ‘rep’ jobs are jealously passed through fraternity brothers and friends. The benefits involve free smokes, a small salary, free sample packs to friends and occasional contest promotions. A favorite promotion is the ‘wrapper contest’ oftenconducted through SU’s Corner Store. The chapter house collecting the largest number of cigarette package wrappers is given a prize. One recent contest brought in 150,000 wrappers from one group.” −Syracuse Herald-Journal

  32. “The World Health Organization (WHO) recently called on governments to raise tobacco taxes, ban advertising, and enforce smoke-free workplace laws and indoor-smoking bans. “ ‘It's a completely preventable epidemic," Bettcher [of WHO] said. "If we do that, by 2050 we can save 200 million lives.’”

  33. “Evidence is building up that heavysmoking contributes to lung cancer.” −Philip Morris Scientist, 1958 Then they forgot: “I am unclear in my own mind whether anyone dies of cigarette smoking–related diseases.”−Chairman of Philip Morris, 1998

  34. Some people who signed up for Philip Morris’ “quit smoking” program say they mysteriously began receiving free samples of Philip Morris smokeless tobacco products.

  35. “Our Strategy: Converting Adult Smokers” −US Smokeless Tobacco Company Executive

  36. Philip Morris Chairman James C. Bowling denied that cigarette smoking was an addiction in a TV interview. Bowling compared the choice to stop smoking to the choice to eat eggs or not.

  37. “I quit smoking 15 years before I was diagnosed with lung cancer. “Proof that if you smoke for any length of time and then quit, you are not out of the woods as far as cancer is concerned.”−E.M., Oneida, New York

  38. “We have a death purging system. We check the obituaries.”−Philip Morris Official, on how dead smokers are removed from mailing lists to avoid wasting postage, in an ethics speech at Syracuse University, September 2007

  39. “During the 1980s, BATCo and B&W developed a tobacco that … was genetically engineered to have a nicotine content approximately twice the nicotine content of conventional tobacco.” −US Department of Justice

  40. “[General counsel for Defendant Philip Morris USA] also admitted that … Philip Morris … removed the pre-existing package labels stating that smoking is addictive.” —US Department of Justice

  41. “I had smoked for 11 years and decided that I had had enough. I quit cold turkey, which is very tough. “I now think every day how much better I feel and how much money I have saved. My suggestion to today’s youth is not to start.”−J.M., Oneida, New York

  42. “Data provided by tobacco companies showed that nicotine levels have increased again.” −Massachusetts Department of Health, 2006 “Tobacco companies ‘manipulated the use of nicotine so as to increase and perpetuate addiction.’ "  −United States Department of Justice, 2006 “…there is no general trend up or down.” −Spokesperson from Philip Morris, 2006

  43. Would you be willing to tell lies that caused deaths, just to make money?Tobacco executives would.In 1994, executives from7different tobacco companies testified before the United States House of Representatives that nicotine is not addictive.

  44. Rep. Ron Wyden (D-OR): Just yes or no. Do you believe nicotine is not addictive? Mr. Campbell:I believe nicotine is not addictive, yes.(William Campbell, President of Philip Morris) 1

  45. 2 “Congressman,cigarettes and nicotine clearly do not meet the classic definitions of addiction.”(James W. Johnston, Chairman and CEO, RJR Tobacco Company) −Testimony before the US House of Representatives, 4/14/1994

  46. “I don't believe that nicotine or our products are addictive.”(Joseph Taddeo, President, U.S. Tobacco Company) −Testimony before the US House of Representatives, 4/14/1994 3

  47. 4 “I believe nicotine is not addictive.”(Edward A. Horrigan, CEO, Liggett Group Inc.) −Testimony before the US House of Representatives, 4/14/1994

  48. “I believe that nicotine is not addictive.”(Andrew H. Tisch, CEO, Lorillard Tobacco Company) −Testimony before the US House of Representatives, 4/14/1994 5

  49. 6 “I believe that nicotine is not addictive.”(Thomas E. Sandefur, CEO, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.) −Testimony before the US House of Representatives, 4/14/1994

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