The tobacco market is a party for a few close friends
“An innkeeper must never do his accounting without his guests”. This saying today is true for everyone except Big Tobacco. Will it always be this way?
The colossi of the tobacco market have trampled consumer protection under their feet; they have penetrated the markets by smuggling their products duty-free and then, when this was accomplished, they have made collaboration agreements with governments. Read more »
The tobacco multinationals at work against a little competitor
This is the multinational effect: aggressiveness or blind fear
This report intends to describe the actions undertaken against Yesmoke, and to illustrate the annihilation procedures brought into play against competitors in the tobacco field. Follow the events step-by-step on the pages that follow!
How has the world of cigarettes ended up in the hands of five companies that have succeeded in crushing every form of competition? Yesmoke will try to bring to light the connivance with tobacco, which often stems only from fear and incredible hysterical reactions when organizations come up against the imaginary power attributed to the colossi of the tobacco market. Read more »
The U.S. anti smuggling "Task Force" joins the battle against U.S. tobacco companies
Custer's Last Battle
On April 26th 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court breathed new life into the European Union lawsuit that accuses U.S. tobacco companies of being actively involved for many years in smuggling contraband cigarettes into the EU.
In August 2001 the EU had tried to recover BILLIONS in tax revenue lost on smuggled cigarettes, from RJ Reynolds and Phillip Morris. However, the U.S. judge explained that, based on the "Revenue Rule", he did not have jurisdiction over the collection of foreign taxes, in other words, the smuggling claims.
The "Revenue Rule" is a longstanding common law doctrine, which provides that a Court in America will not enforce tax claims of other sovereign States. Stated very simply, a U.S. Court could not take legal action in contraband issues involving the activities of American companies in other countries. Read more »
Cigarettes, snacks and soda under attack
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger supports a bill that would ban all sales of "junk" food and soft drinks in high schools beginning in 2009. He wants to fill vending machines in schools with fresh fruits, vegetables and milk. Obesity, in fact, is a real sore point for public health, greater than tobacco as a cause of death.
Being overweight can lead to a host of health problems. Top nutrition experts have said that the relatively low cost of these products are one of the main reasons for their mass consumption. So why not raise the cost to $ 10 per can, like what has been done with cigarettes? And what about a "Snack e soda ban"?
But many are puzzled. Snacks and sodas, basically, do not contain ingredients harmful for the health like cigarettes do. They have only a few more calories, like homemade bread and jam, and gas bubbles do not cause obesity, they just dilate the stomach. Read more »
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