Still Waiting for more WARNING SIGN ???

Tracing the Cigarette’s Path From Sexy to Deadly

By HOWARD MARKEL, M.D. for the New York Times

For many Americans, the tobacco industry’s disingenuousness became a matter of public record during a Congressional hearing on April 14, 1994.
There, under the withering glare of Representative Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, appeared the chief executives of the seven largest American tobacco companies.

Each executive raised his right hand and solemnly swore to tell the whole truth about his business. In sequential testimony, each one stated that he did not believe tobacco was a health risk and that his company had taken no steps to manipulate the levels of nicotine in its cigarettes.

Thirty years after the famous surgeon general’s report declaring cigarette smoking a health hazard, the tobacco executives, it seemed, were among the few who believed otherwise.

Many advertising campaigns from the 1930s through the 1950s extolled the healthy virtues of cigarettes. Full-color magazine ads depicted kindly doctors clad in white coats proudly lighting up or puffing away, with slogans like “More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette.”

Early in the 20th century, opposition to cigarettes took a moral rather than a health-conscious tone, especially for women who wanted to smoke, although even then many doctors were concerned that smoking was a health risk.


“More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette.” ???


Old cigarette advertisement
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Another Shocking NEWS !

The advertising and promotion of tobacco
By ORAL CANCER Foundation


"Through advertising and promotion, the tobacco industry targets 1.63 million new smokers a year to compensate for those who quit or die "

" Tobacco companies deduct the cost of advertising and promotion from their taxes as a business expense, which saves them in excess of $1 billion dollars a year "

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Latest warning sign !


Scary , right ......?

But Why only NOW the extreme warning sign in cigarette packets after such a long time ?

Go , figure it OUT ! ! !