A historic lawsuit loss to Uruguay over tobacco-related cancer damages and other technological developments have Philip Morris focusing on new alternatives. I think the time will come when we will have enough acceptance of these alternative products to begin to propose, along with the governments, a gradual elimination of conventional cigars, the company CEO Andre Calantzopoulos announced. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI would be interested to survey the children (18+ years of age) of the top 10 executives of the largest 3 cigarette companies to see what % smoke cigarettes. Be willing to bet it is very small %.
Dec 03rd, 2016 - 02:21 pm - Link - Report abuse +3Despite marking of cigarette cartons and 'shocking' posters over the checkouts in supermarkets there is a large part of the population of seemingly all ages who still smoke cigarettes in Uruguay.
Dec 03rd, 2016 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Having 1.4M stinking poor being paid to do nothing puts the numbers up. And the sale of LED TV's.
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