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"BREATH FRESHENER either through filler addition or tipping paper application is another good idea that should be pursued. Care must be taken to avoid claims and potential FDA regulation." Tobacco company internal papers. https://lnkd.in/dcxf3iK View in LinkedIn

PHILIP MORRIS. "Advertising the appetite suppressant characteristic of cigarettes as a benefit or the relief of colds with menthol cigarettes presents another touchy situation and potential FDA interference ... A publicity campaign focusing on the wholesomeness of our current additives is a very delicate situation in that it could backfire." https://lnkd.in/dcxf3iK View in LinkedIn

"JAPAN TOBACCO (was) first established by the Government of Japan in 1898 to secure tax revenue. In 1904, the government's leaf monopoly was extended to a complete takeover of all tobacco ... in the nation ... to help fund the 1904 Russo-Japanese War. The government remains required by law to own at least one-third of JT's stock." https://lnkd.in/d3XT8DY View in LinkedIn

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. "Altria, the parent company of Phillip Morris ... It recently bought the Web domain names “AltriaCannabis.com” and “AltriaMarijuana.com.” https://lnkd.in/dXDUuX8 View in LinkedIn

JT'S CONFUSED MESSAGE. "Japan Tobacco ... to purchase the rights to therapeutic and preventive lung-cancer vaccines under development by Cell Genesys and ... Corixa. If the vaccines are approved, Japan Tobacco will find itself in the unusual position of marketing products that cause, prevent, and treat the same disease." http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673605776030.pdf View in LinkedIn

WAITING TO ROLL. "We know if it’s legalized, marijuana will be commercialized, too. A commercial marijuana industry will act just as the tobacco industry acts ... Brown and Williamson:The use of marijuana … an alternative product line. [We] have the land to grow it, the machines to roll it and package it, the distribution to market it." https://lnkd.in/dXDUuX8 View in LinkedIn

RELEASING WAR CHEST. "The Japanese government is set to loosen its grip on Japan Tobacco ...by selling a third of its stake in a sale that will net the country about $10 billion ... after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, proceeds of the sale of Japan Tobacco shares will go toward rebuilding the country’s battered northeast coast." (2013). https://lnkd.in/dCEpdDD View in LinkedIn

BAT's POT PLANS. "Cigarettes mixed with marijuana ... were a "natural expansion of current smoking habits" and if pot became legal, such cigarettes would be "a change in habit much like moving to cigars." ... "learn how to produce in quantity cigarettes loaded uniformly with a known amount of either ground cannabis or dried and cut cannabis rag." https://lnkd.in/dZUwp4J View in LinkedIn

JT'S COMPLICATED LINE. "JTI recognizes the risks of smoking. JTI does not market its products to minors, and does not market its products in order to encourage anyone to take up smoking ... JTI is committed to developing reduced-risk products, and to fostering accommodation between smokers and non-smokers." But also in the junk food sector. https://lnkd.in/dxKs8Jp View in LinkedIn

POT DREAMS. "Philip Morris "was granted a special permit to grow, cultivate and make marijuana extracts … and that Philip Morris urged the State agency people to secrecy." Over at British American Tobacco, the world's second-largest tobacco firm, documents show that a confidential research effort labeled the "Pot Project" was launched in Britain." https://lnkd.in/dZUwp4J View in LinkedIn