New Tobacco Ads: We 'Deliberately Deceived' Public

[Bullette the Cowdog]

I thought you guys might get a "yuck, yuck" out of this one. We knew this all along. Now they have to admit it.

CNBC.com Article: New tobacco Ads: We 'Deliberately Deceived' Public

Major tobacco companies must take out advertisements saying they deliberately deceived the U.S. public about the danger and addictiveness of cigarettes, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

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New Tobacco Ads: We 'Deliberately Deceived' Public - US Business News - CNBC

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[Vapira]

Unheard of! yuck, yuck is right..the thing is there are lots of ads that are deceptive. Most of them but this is people lives and it's despicable.

Vapira

 

[klynnn]

Bout time!

 

[Butters78]

They should have the big execs wear Justin Bieber shirts in the ads for further humiliation.

 

[Plumes.91]

where do I sign up for my lawsuit checks?

 

[Butters78]

where do I sign up for my lawsuit checks?

Yeah tell me about it. I bet my dad would still be here if it weren't for cigs. He quit few years before he passed but I believe the damage was done. He passed a couple months after my wedding. I named my son after him. BT owes me alot.

 

[Plumes.91]

my dad WOULD still be here if it werent for cigs. he died of lung cancer from smoking cigarettes.

 

[Bullette the Cowdog]

Yep. They claimed that low tar & lites were safer cigs. Suuuuuure they are.
And filters help too I'm certain.
Just jokin' folks. Just jokin'

 

[Butters78]

I still can't believe that back in the day doctors would actually reccomend smoking to patients who are stressed etc. We've come a long way.

 

[frosting]

Does this mean I can get my money back???

 

[Butters78]

In 2012 they have to admit what they did.

Let's take a time machine back 1960. Things were a bit different back then.

 

[Plumes.91]

winston. thats the brand that killed my father. does fred actually say "they taste good for ya" ??

 

[noi_max]

There are five different statements that the companies will be required to advertise.

One of them begins: "A federal court has ruled that the defendant tobacco companies deliberately deceived the American public by falsely selling and advertising low tar and light cigarettes as less harmful than regular cigarettes."

I wonder what the other statements are that they are required to advertise.. maybe something about the additives they use to make the cigarettes MORE addictive...

One of the few products you can buy and consume that will kill you... but with low tar and nicotine!

 

[graybuck]

Sad to say when I started it was well known that smoking was not good and I still did it.

 

[Plumes.91]

yeah. its crazy to think that most of us started at a time when smoking was perceived as relatively safe. I started smoking knowing that it killed you. I thought thats what made it so cool.. lol

 

[Butters78]

Yeah I started in like 94. Definitely knew it was bad.

 

[Ray D]

Does this mean I can get my money back???

Oh, would that we could. I could probably pay off my house. Well, my truck at least.

 

[JKVaper]

Does this mean I can get my money back???

Bet the goverment would actually consider it if they could find a legal way to tax the payouts

 

[RoseB]

It is about time. I read this on the news yesterday. Lets just hope these ads show what turd burglars these companies really are. Sheesh if they did have to give money back that would be nice. I could buy a new car with all the money I spent on smokes. Add the doctor's bills for smoking related problems and that car turns into a luxury sedan!

 

[meli.]

Perhaps the government should spend more of your hard earned taxes on forcing the banks to apologise and remunerate you for the way they sole-handedly messed up your economy and squandered billions rather than spending huge amounts of money on court fees and easy populist targets like tobacco companies.