please tell me I'm reading this wrong...

[xg4bx]

i was just cruising yahoo and i found a story about tobacco. one line caught my eye:

"Philip Morris and the tobacco growers' lobby say identifying and restricting additives would cost millions of jobs and harm emerging economies around the world."

either the author worded that poorly or the tobacco companies themselves don't even bleeping know what's in cigarettes...

heres the story:

Tobacco industry lobbies for flavorful cigarettes - Yahoo! News

 

[NCC]

i was just cruising yahoo and i found a story about tobacco. one line caught my eye:

"Philip Morris and the tobacco growers' lobby say identifying and restricting additives would cost millions of jobs and harm emerging economies around the world."

Be careful, bad things can happen when you quote out of context. The same quote, with the previous sentence included:

"Everything used in food is also used in tobacco," from chocolate, licorice and vanilla to many other flavors and smells, he said. "It's impossible to have a complete list."

Philip Morris and the tobacco growers' lobby say identifying and restricting additives would cost millions of jobs and harm emerging economies around the world.

Well, saying it's impossible to have a complete list is a pretty weak argument, IMO. And, MILLIONS of jobs lost due to the identification effort? I sincerely doubt that. But still ... the claim does put what you quoted in a different light. In any case, big tobacco is no more believable than Big Government ... maybe even less <gasp>

 

[McCordRM]

It's that very quote, and others like it, that makes me wonder how
the hell the FDA hasn't simply shut them down. The FDA's job is to
ensure companies have a high level of accountability for safety.

So, when a company says it has no idea what it's putting into the
products it releases for consumption...

 

[NCC]

The FDA's job is to ensure companies have a high level of accountability for safety.

Really? Could've fooled me.

 

[Nomoreash]

It's that very quote, and others like it, that makes me wonder how
the hell the FDA hasn't simply shut them down. The FDA's job is to
ensure companies have a high level of accountability for safety.

So, when a company says it has no idea what it's putting into the
products it releases for consumption...

Simple, $$

 

[ab357]

Can you imagine the size of the package needed to list 4,000 plus ingredients? It might however convince casual or light smokers to quit seeing stuff like formaldehyde in their analogs.

 

[McCordRM]

Really? Could've fooled me.

I didn't say they were DOING there job.

 

[Chalie_Champ]

its sooo true, i mean if they would ban cigs think of how meny jobs would be lost and you thiong big tabacco knows or even cares whats in them, all they care about is all the damn money they make.....they dont care about the people or they would be sure nnot to put alot of the crap thats in them in them ya kno

 

[WomanOfHeart]

It's not impossible for them to have a complete list. They just don't want to. Some of us scream and holler about full disclosure and diacetyl in our juice, but were we screaming about full disclosure about the ingredients in our tobacco? I know I wasn't. I knew that there was an excellent chance that smoking was leading me down the road of lung disease and eventual death, but all I cared about was getting the next pack and that next "nic fix." Big Tobacco wants us to believe that they don't actually know what goes into their cigarettes and I call bullocks. I don't recall ever smelling chocolate, licorice or vanilla in my cigarette smoke. I can smell chocolate, vanilla and whatever other flavors I happen to be vaping. Coincidence? I highly doubt it. Try again, Big Tobacco. The sheeple are listening. (No offense to anyone.)

 

[FreakyStylie]

It's impossible to have a complete list of everything, even though we have invested so much time and money on research of these items in order to make cigarettes more addictive. WHAT??!!!?!?!!!

 

[Vagablonde]

It's impossible to have a complete list of everything, even though we have invested so much time and money on research of these items in order to make cigarettes more addictive. WHAT??!!!?!?!!!

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[NCC]

its sooo true, i mean if they would ban cigs think of how meny jobs would be lost ...

The article claimed millions of jobs would be lost if they were required to "identify and restrict additives" ... not quite the same thing as banning cigarettes.

 

[FreakyStylie]

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dammit if I didnt order one...hahahahahaha

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[banjo]

Interesting article. Thanks for posting.

 

[kelleymcm]

It was a very interesting article & you guys should check it out , it was not long .

And they are discussing the WORLD WIDE market & growers ,,,,

the quotes sited earlier don't give much insight to the whole statements made ...

 

[Vagablonde]

LOL. So my studies are starting to pay off. Send me cash. Have you gotten it yet? Send me cash. If not, I bet you're stalking the mailman! Send me cash. My eGo battery just died - not dead, just out of charge. Send me cash. I have been using it non-stop for just over 12 hours. Send me cash. I've got 900 mAh batteries, but my wife uses the other. Send me cash. Maybe it's time I get a kit for her too.

Send me lots and lots of cash.

I did order it and the rest of your post I'm totally ignoring..whats your address again..lololol

 

[Magus86]

Okay, here's something else that bugs the crap out of me about this country...

"Mujica, a former leftist guerrilla who became a determined pragmatist in prison during the country's dictatorship, worried openly only weeks ago about having to hire $1,500-an-hour lawyers in foreign capitals. But he got support from some deep pockets this week, including New York's billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, who called Mujica to say his foundation would help foot Uruguay's legal bills."

Okay, so... we have all kinds of poverty and problems out the wazoo in this country RIGHT NOW and have for a long time. We complain about things like welfare(which, in some cases, we have a good reason to). However, in the middle of all of the problems our own damn people are facing, people like Michael Bloomburg(from new york, apparently a billionaire) want to send all kinds of money to OTHER COUNTRIES. Okay, look. I'm all for helping people here. But .......nit, why must we as a country insist on helping others from other places and completely ignoring the less fortunate ones here? Nobody from Uruguay is going to send money over here to help us. Nobody from anywhere has some kind of "sponsor this homeless child" program. None of that crap exists for us. THIS is a big part of why our economy is failing. Sending jobs overseas, sending money overseas, and spending the rest on the WAR ON DRUGS THAT ARE COMPETITION FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, and whatever other actual war we're fighting. We can spend money to kill people and we can spend money to help other countries, but like hell if we're gonna help out our own people... It makes so much sense, doesn't it? I suppose that in this case, it's somewhat of a good cause, but come on... What about people at home?


Oh, and how the hell can it possibly be impossible to get a complete list of what goes into cigarettes? Each company has a different taste(for the most part), so I can only imagine that they would each have their own specific recipe. Otherwise, it would taste different all the time. But it does not. So they're obviously full of BS. You don't just pick out random ingredients, throw it into the oven, and get a cheesecake every time. What comes out depends on what went in in the first place... How friggin' stupid do they think we are? They wouldn't have their distinct taste if they weren't keeping track of what goes into the damn things.