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06 May 2013, 10:01 am

Because a medical facility called "The R.J.Reynolds Cancer Treatment Center" would just give the wrong impression.


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06 May 2013, 10:07 am

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06 May 2013, 8:09 pm

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The tobacco companies are, themselves, targeting for destruction "the lowest income, less formally educated, harder than any other demographic."


That's a horrible business plan. Destroy the clientele you plan on utilizing to sustain the business model. Knowingly "targeting" them defies any sort of logic... interesting assertion though.


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07 May 2013, 7:47 am

TomGunsmoke wrote:
ArrantPariah wrote:
The tobacco companies are, themselves, targeting for destruction "the lowest income, less formally educated, harder than any other demographic."


That's a horrible business plan. Destroy the clientele you plan on utilizing to sustain the business model. Knowingly "targeting" them defies any sort of logic... interesting assertion though.


When you consider all of the information, that has been available for decades, on the detriments of using tobacco, people who arrive at the decision that "appearing 'cool' more than compensates for any drawbacks" would generally be people of lower intelligence. People of lower intelligence are also more prevalent among the lowest income and least educated demographic.

A tax on cigarettes ends up being, like the lottery, a tax on stupidity.

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07 May 2013, 10:04 am

Misslizard wrote:
Because a medical facility called "The R.J.Reynolds Cancer Treatment Center" would just give the wrong impression.


That would be as likely as Pablo Escobar opening drug rehabilitation facilities. :lol:

Anywho, time for a song.

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07 May 2013, 1:19 pm

^^^i smoked one while I watched that :lol: Make mine a full flavor king.


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