Lying for Money: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Solicitation is Fundamentally Dishonest

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https://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/12/lying-for-money-campaign-for-tobacco.html

 

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https://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/12/lying-for-money-campaign-for-tobacco.html

OK, there's the lying about flavors sold by BT. We can clearly see that's true. But then there's also this:

The tobacco industry spends $9.1 billion a year on marketing in the U.S. alone. That's over $1 million every hour!

How is that even possible when they can't advertise on TV or radio?

Well, a bit of digging shows that about 85% of that is discounts to cigarette retailers or wholesalers. Guess what? When you give someone a discount on a product that you're selling him, that's not spending money on marketing; that's not receiving the money in the first place. Sheesh!