Internal industry documents reveal that in order to convince consumers that Merit had low tar as well as great taste, our ads had to be absolutely believable because the false claims of past years and past brands presented road-blocks (1)
General Accounting Office report estimated the loss for FY1977 at $746,000.[94] In the late 1980s and 1990s, state and local governments raised their cigarette tax rates even further, which translated to a greater incentive for smokers to shop at military bases
And, you know, lawyers like to compromise: any settlement is better than a lawsuit, that kind of thing. It was not inconceivable, the lawyers warned Johnson, that if Davidson held a full-scale trial on the issue Johnsons name would not be on the ballot at all
Industry, farmers That has given a ray of hope to the industry and to farmers fighting the new guidelines
For cigar lovers, the term "stogie" is a familiar one, often used to describe a rough, rustic cigar (hmmlike a Toscano cigar)
Reacting to smokers' voiced fears and sudden reduced cigarette consumption, cigarette companies, by altering the filter's structure and materials, began making competing claims about how low their brands' tar and nicotine levels were
