[Vision2020] Say What?

[Wayne Price]

Tom,

I was the one that said that, not Joe, but thats OK.
And seriously, does the state really want to loose the tobacco taxes?
Can you imagine what will be cut next IF the tobacco revenues dry up?

Just like drunk driving, the state doesn't want it to stop because of  
the money it brings in.



On Jul 27, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:

> Joe Campbell stated:
>
> "You have some good ideas there, but it's like the tobacco money that
> the states got from the tobacco company lawsuit. Has any of it
> filtered down to really have a stop smoking program?"
>
> It's worse than that, Joe . . .
>
> Courtesy of "Tobacco-Free Kids" at:
>
> "The 1998 legal settlement between the states and the tobacco  
> companies
> prohibited the tobacco companies from taking "any action, directly or
> indirectly, to target youth... in the advertising, promotion or  
> marketing
> of tobacco products." However, since the settlement, the tobacco  
> companies
> have increased their cigarette marketing expenditures by 125 percent  
> to a
> record $15.1 billion a year, or $41.5 million a day, according to the
> Federal Trade Commission. Much of this marketing is still targeted at
> kids."
>
> "Winter Mocha-Mint" and "Warm Winter Toffee" Cigarettes by Camel
> http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/adgallery/display.php3?ID=411
>
> Mentholated "Mocha Taboo" Cigarettes by Kool
> http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/adgallery/display.php3?ID=405
>
> and
>
> Apple blend, Berry blend, and Mint-flavored chewing tobacco by Skoal
> http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/adgallery/display.php3?ID=404
>
> Our US Senate and House of Representatives put an end to such  
> products and
> marketing ploys back in early June.  It is now illegal to market such
> tobacco products aimed at our youth.
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to  
> change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
> - Unknown
>
>