03/03/2008
Tobacco & Whacko!
love!
Tobacco giants have suddenly become generous. Notice there recent years philanthropy. Quit smoking!! Youth de-addiction in developed countries ( or more appropriately, where the tobacco companies were taken to task by the courts) .
Now look at these statements :
1) “Nothing is more important than our commitment to integrity – no financial
objective, no marketing target, no effort to outdo the competition… Our commitment to integrity must always come first." Chairman & CEO of Altria Group
2) “Global deaths due to smoking-related illnesses will nearly double by 2020, to 9 million,
with more than three-quarters of them in the developing world.” – World Health Organization
The funniest yet most disturbing thing to look at is "Altria". whats Altria ? A background : After the slues of cases were filed in US and Europe, Philip Morris the largest tobacco giant in the world ( hence, presumably directly or indirectly responsible for smoking related deaths) changed its parent company's name to Altria , to save itself from the negative impact of image of tobacco related business and heavy criticism. Altria's revenue was $90billion !
Philip Morris then turned its head and marketing strategy towards developing countries, with 930 million of 1.3 billion of total world population. Ahh! that makes sense ! Targeting the new ( mostly young) customers with increasing purchasing power.
Besides these the company has a history of opposing organized labour. That's so lovely, mr. chairman, specially talking about integrity .
So my friends ! this is just one of the stories of one of the big corporates in the world. there are many like Philip Morris whom we knowingly and mostly unknowingly endorse .
Think before singing praises about these companies ( just because they have money, specially relevant to most "intellectual India ", your son or daughter maybe the bull's eye.
cheers pk
Tobacco giants have suddenly become generous. Notice there recent years philanthropy. Quit smoking!! Youth de-addiction in developed countries ( or more appropriately, where the tobacco companies were taken to task by the courts) .
Now look at these statements :
1) “Nothing is more important than our commitment to integrity – no financial
objective, no marketing target, no effort to outdo the competition… Our commitment to integrity must always come first." Chairman & CEO of Altria Group
2) “Global deaths due to smoking-related illnesses will nearly double by 2020, to 9 million,
with more than three-quarters of them in the developing world.” – World Health Organization
The funniest yet most disturbing thing to look at is "Altria". whats Altria ? A background : After the slues of cases were filed in US and Europe, Philip Morris the largest tobacco giant in the world ( hence, presumably directly or indirectly responsible for smoking related deaths) changed its parent company's name to Altria , to save itself from the negative impact of image of tobacco related business and heavy criticism. Altria's revenue was $90billion !
Philip Morris then turned its head and marketing strategy towards developing countries, with 930 million of 1.3 billion of total world population. Ahh! that makes sense ! Targeting the new ( mostly young) customers with increasing purchasing power.
Besides these the company has a history of opposing organized labour. That's so lovely, mr. chairman, specially talking about integrity .
So my friends ! this is just one of the stories of one of the big corporates in the world. there are many like Philip Morris whom we knowingly and mostly unknowingly endorse .
Think before singing praises about these companies ( just because they have money, specially relevant to most "intellectual India ", your son or daughter maybe the bull's eye.
cheers pk
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