Italy – 37,5 billion dollars lost

Cigarette Smuggling in the European Union - Philip Morris won't have to pay.

Romano Prodi - Caricatura foto segnaleticaOn May 22nd 1995 the General Manager of the Italian State Monopolies, Ernesto Del Gizzo, transmitted to the SECIT (the Italian Tax Inspectors Office), a report on the unpaid tax on Philip Morris revenues in Italy: a total of 60,591 Billion lire (37.5 Billion dollars) over a 20-year period. So how much was the total amount of unpaid taxes in all the European Union countries combined?

Del Gizzo added that income from cigarette smuggling in Italy, thanks to the profits on products passed on through the illegal market, amounted to a net annual profit for the multinational manufacturer of about 1,100 billion lire (650 million dollars).

On July 9th 2004 an important agreement was signed by the EU and Philip Morris, the leader of European smuggling. The tobacco giant agreed to pay 1.2 Billion dollars, in instalments over a ten-year period and interest free, to bury the hatchet on all the past activities. Why so little? Read more »

Beer as “Nicotine dispenser”

“With our beer you won't have to go outside the pub for a quickie”.

Marlboro beer can

The next "Nicotine dispenser"?

NicoShot beer, produced by the German company Nautilus GmbH, contains three milligrams of nicotine alkaloids per 250ml can, equivalent to a few regular filtered cigarettes.

One 250 ml can of NicoShot contains 6.3 percent alcohol by volume. Three cans of the brew are comparable to an entire pack of cigarettes.

Nautilus Laboratoriumsbedarf describes the lager as having “cigarette satisfaction in a beer without the smoke”.

However, nobody knows the taste and the satisfaction this beer can give. How about the taste of combining beer with nicotine? Will this be better than smoking? Read more »

Way to go FDA!

These days FDA can regulate macaroni, not cigarettes, but maybe something is about to change

Danger - FormaldehydeImagine if a new, consumable product containing arsenic, formaldehyde and ammonia was introduced into the market, but federal law wouldn't let the government do anything about it. Such a product already exists – cigarettes. And under current law, the federal government cannot take action to reduce or eliminate the dangerous chemicals additives in cigarettes.

According to the American press, about 85% of US adults surveyed in August 1996 favored the Food and Drug Administration policy on tobacco, and roughly the same percentage said Congress should support the FDA ruling. What the remaining 15% had to say is not clear, as certainly they are not lovers of chemical additives. Read more »

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