Something Revolutionary is taking its first steps.
Will the “Yesmoke” cigarettes be effectively banned in all the 50 United States … from the first to the last? The power of Big Tobacco is winning great victories on all fronts. The Swiss invader is about to be crushed by an attack from all directions.
It all started in the City of New York, the city condemned Yesmoke to the payment of a 17 million dollar fine for "smuggling", even though the cigarettes that the Yesmoke shop sent were always accompanied by customs declarations. So what was the customs service doing all this time?
The Big Apple, then, today seems to be in a position to confiscate any pack of Yesmoke cigarettes on the entire territory of the United States, regardless of who the importer is.
On the 20th of January, it was Oregon's turn, the State announced the indictment of the --World's largest Internet retailer of cigarettes- on a variety of charges.
If all the States and cities have their say, following this reasoning, the amount that Yesmoke should pay before it can sell Yesmokes in the U.S. could reach a BILLION dollars. And we mustn't forget Philip Morris' request for 550 million dollars compensation for Copyright Infringement and Unfair Competition.
Big Tobacco is doing all it can to stop any company from importing Yesmoke cigarettes with a scorched-earth attack around the brand of the Swiss invader.
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At the local store in the USA, cigarette brands are few but “carefully selected” ones.
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“Eat this soup or jump out of the window!” A popular Italian saying that means: you have no choise.
In Switzerland, a citizen can choose the cigarette he wants to be addicted to from an assortment that includes hundreds of national and foreign brands; in New York a smoker can find fewer than 10 choices on the shelves of his local store and he is compelled to get used to one of these. Then, when he has become addicted, he can always find "his" brand. Brilliant!
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Why the Colossi will never reveal their recipes.
Dick Cavett, performer, comedian and talk show host of America's popular Dick Cavett Show
The disclosure of cigarette ingredients is not a simple matter for Big Tobacco, starting from the tobacco itself. According to the World Health Organization, thanks to the introduction of new technologies, additives, reconstituted tobacco and other materials, the tobacco leaf content in cigarettes has gone from 2.28 lbs per 1000 cigarettes in 1960, to 0.91 lbs in 2000. Marvels of science!
As the use of tobacco increases around the world, people would expect cigarette manufacturers to buy more and more tobacco leaves.
But thanks to new technologies, that allow them to artificially increase the volume of the tobacco leaves, these companies can now use less and less tobacco in their cigarettes. Yet there is no shortage of tobacco in the world. Read more »
Philip Morris reaches profits of 500%.
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United States smokers think that cigarettes have become expensive because of higher taxes. But according to the World Health Organization, though the price of cigarettes has seen a constant increase in the past years, the percentage of the price that goes to the State has decreased and is today less than half of the value in 1965.
Comparing the manufacturing costs to today's wholesale prices, Philip Morris should be making a profit (of up to 500%) on its Marlboros… almost as much as the tax collector.
Joe Camel and the Marlboro Cowboy, because of their popular appeal, besides increasing the number of smokers of all ages all over the world, have been very useful for the five big cigarette producers to raise prices - prices that are not related to the quality of the product, but are determined by the advertising messages, icons and slogans. Read more »
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