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GMO TOBACCO. "In addition to Brown and Williamson’s efforts to genetically manipulate nicotine levels of cigarettes sold in the United States (which have been documented in the media), other companies in the industry also engaged in biotechnology development projects." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

$5 BILLION/YEAR MEDICAID LOSSES. "According to this estimate by the CDC, those costs run about $22 billion a year, or 11% of total state Medicaid expenditures. State and local tobacco tax revenues, meanwhile, run $17 billion a year, according to this estimate." (Costs of smoking). http://lnkd.in/dsKPmv3 View in LinkedIn

SUGARS IN TOBACCO convert to acetaldehydes, which are carcinogens, and are synergistic with nicotine." "2014_06_19_DesignedforAddiction_web.pdf View in LinkedIn

CASTING DOUBT. "A study detailed in the most recent New England Journal of Medicine confirms what opponents of tobacco litigation said all along — the government makes money off of smokers, and could spend more if enough of them quit." http://lnkd.in/dsKPmv3 View in LinkedIn

SYNERGISTIC POISON. "Acetaldehyde is formed in high concentrations when cigarette constituents, including sugars, are burned. Animal research conducted by Philip Morris demonstrated a synergistic interaction between nicotine and acetaldehyde: rats pressed a bar more for the combination than for either substance alone." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

AUSTRALIA CALCULATES NET GAIN. "Even after these adjustments, in 2004–05 tobacco tax revenue exceeded tobacco-attributable expenses borne by the public sector by more than $3.5 billion. Of this surplus, $2.7 billion accrued to the Commonwealth and about $800 million to state and territory governments." At best, a dubious proposition, at odds with all other country reports. http://www.tobaccoinaustralia.org.au/17-2-the-costs-of-smoking View in LinkedIn

SEVEN ADDITIVES designed to keep blood nicotine levels high. "CYP2A5 and CYP2A6; (these are enzymes within the P450 enzyme system that metabolize compounds in the body). Because CYP2A6 is involved in the metabolism of nicotine, the presence of these chemicals could decrease smokers’ metabolism of nicotine and maintain higher blood levels." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

AUSTRALIAN DEAD SMOKERS ARE REVENUE LOSS. "Apart from the costs of treatment of smoking-associated diseases, tobacco abuse also reduces revenue to government from income tax, duties on other goods and other indirect taxes. This is because people who smoke tend to leave the workforce earlier. Further, many smokers die prematurely." http://www.tobaccoinaustralia.org.au/17-2-the-costs-of-smoking View in LinkedIn

TO CAMOUFLAGE, INCREASE, AND MASK. "More than 100 of 599 documented cigarette additives have pharmacological actions that camouflage the odor of environmental tobacco smoke ... enhance or maintain nicotine delivery, could increase the addictiveness of cigarettes, and mask symptoms and illnesses associated with smoking behaviors." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

VERY ADVANCED RESEARCH, "Philip Morris developed the science of nicotine delivery and measurement of the effects of nicotine far beyond what was known by the medical community." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn