Is it just me . . . or did this tobacco company exec just admit liability?

Brigid

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Thu May-12-11 03:36 PM
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Is it just me . . . or did this tobacco company exec just admit liability?

Here's what Lou Camilleri, CEO of Philip Morris International, said in this USAToday article:

"We take our responsibility very seriously, and I don't think we get enough recognition for the efforts we make to ensure that there is effective worldwide regulation of a product that is harmful and that is addictive. Nevertheless, whilst it is addictive, it is not that hard to quit. � There are more previous smokers in America today than current smokers."

Here is the entire article:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2011-05-11-cigarettes-addictive-philip-morris_n.htm

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rfranklin

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Thu May-12-11 03:39 PM
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1. I think that for many people it is damn hard to quit...

And I don't think that his theory holds water.

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alfredo

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Thu May-12-11 03:40 PM
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2. Most of the previous smokers are dead.

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damntexdem

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Thu May-12-11 04:26 PM
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3. Not hard to quit? The most-addictive of known substances?

He didn't pull this off the top of his head -- he pulled it out of his ass.

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Shagbark Hickory

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Thu May-12-11 04:40 PM
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4. They should be shut down by the feds for producing harmful products for consumption.

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Brigid

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Thu May-12-11 04:57 PM
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5. Better idea:

Edited on Thu May-12-11 04:58 PM by Brigid

No more subsidies for tobacco growers (if we even still do that).

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Shagbark Hickory

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Thu May-12-11 05:30 PM
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6. Pay them to grow something else or nothing at all, I don't care but this genocide has to end. nt

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