http://brainblogger.com/2008/01/18/big-tobaccos-stealth-tactics-and-the-pellet-technology/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:31:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://brainblogger.com/2008/01/18/big-tobaccos-stealth-tactics-and-the-pellet-technology/#comment-84888 P.S.S. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:47:04 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2008/01/18/big-tobaccos-stealth-tactics-and-the-pellet-technology/#comment-84888 first i would like to say, I am a smoker. no, that does not mean i think it's good. and i have to mention that the government will never ban cigarettes. in my home state a pack of cigarettes averages about $5.75. one state over they are about $3.30. the price difference comes from "SIN taxes." these taxes make so much money for the state that they couldn't do without cigarette sales. also i need to mention that when you say tobacco companies sell flavored cigarettes to get into a younger market, you're right but then you say that tobacco is harsh in flavor... that's a matter of personal taste... the so-called "harsh flavor" was the only flavor for years and cigarettes still sold like wild fire. when the TV commercials went away, the sales still grew... the only thing that will stop cigarette sales is the smoking community actually quitting and refusing to buy any longer. first i would like to say, I am a smoker. no, that does not mean i think it’s good. and i have to mention that the government will never ban cigarettes. in my home state a pack of cigarettes averages about $5.75. one state over they are about $3.30. the price difference comes from “SIN taxes.” these taxes make so much money for the state that they couldn’t do without cigarette sales. also i need to mention that when you say tobacco companies sell flavored cigarettes to get into a younger market, you’re right but then you say that tobacco is harsh in flavor… that’s a matter of personal taste… the so-called “harsh flavor” was the only flavor for years and cigarettes still sold like wild fire. when the TV commercials went away, the sales still grew… the only thing that will stop cigarette sales is the smoking community actually quitting and refusing to buy any longer.

]]> http://brainblogger.com/2008/01/18/big-tobaccos-stealth-tactics-and-the-pellet-technology/#comment-83713 Healthcare Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:56:44 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2008/01/18/big-tobaccos-stealth-tactics-and-the-pellet-technology/#comment-83713 Thanks for such an insightful post. I really is both enlightening and disgraceful the lengths the tobacco industry goes to to maintain their market. If it wasn't such a horrible product they were peddling they should be applauded. In any event, I think the problem is once again is not so much tobacco companies that operate around the fringes of the law, but our governments who are not acting quickly enough in the interests of it's citizens in relation to long term health care issues. Thanks for such an insightful post. I really is both enlightening and disgraceful the lengths the tobacco industry goes to to maintain their market. If it wasn’t such a horrible product they were peddling they should be applauded. In any event, I think the problem is once again is not so much tobacco companies that operate around the fringes of the law, but our governments who are not acting quickly enough in the interests of it’s citizens in relation to long term health care issues.

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