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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...will simply carry on buying cigarettes. We've all seen old men rummaging around in their pocket for coins at a Walgreen's counter to buy their third packet of cigarettes that day--packs they probably can't really afford. Ask them why they still smoke, and they'll answer with a raspy voice, "I'm too old to quit." The opposite story, that of young people who thoughtlessly take up smoking, is just as tragic and common. So when Philip Morris advertises that "cigarette smoking is addictive, as that term is most commonly used today. It can be very...
Last Wednesday's move was therefore an answer to mounting public pressure: after California banned smoking in all public areas in 1997, including bars and taverns, and with similar legislation in Massachusetts pending, it is becoming increasingly difficult not to jump on the bandwagon of public denunciation--even if such denunciation means appearing hypocritical. If confronted, any executive from a tobacco company could simply claim to have the facts in his favor: "we have admitted that smoking causes cancer, what else do you expect us to do?" And surprisingly, few would realistically respond, "stop producing cigarettes." Is that because...
...this what the voters themselves saw? That question--even for polling professionals--is tough to answer once the media's verdict is handed down...
...like 'Oh, that's me--it will stop,'" she says with a bit of a chuckle. "I wasn't going to answer...
...want to put people in front of candidates who can give them an accurate and honest answer to that question," Kolman says. "So that's one aspect of an information session that I think is incredibly valuable for students...