“In his first speech as Speaker, Boehner thanked his loved ones - tobacco lobbyists, the oil companies, the CEOs.” FirstsCompanySpeechOilLoved OnesSpeakersCeoTobaccoLobbyistsOil Companies Author:Jay Leno
“When I care about something, I care about something. I think I have an obligation as an American to - and as a citizen, as - as a human being, to help others. Smoking is going to kill a billion people this century. I've put six hundred million dollars from my own money into trying to stop the tobacco companies from getting kids to smoke and convincing adults that it's not in their health.” PeopleThinkingTryingHumansHelpingCareKidsMy OwnHuman BeingsCompanyMillionsCenturyCitizensSixHundredAdultsDollarsBillionsHelping OthersObligationSmokeSmokingI CareConvincingMillion DollarsTobacco Author:Michael Bloomberg
“A lot of people are listening and most people believe global warming is a problem and they'd like to see it addressed. But governments and the biggest companies in the world don't want to deal with it like they didn't want to deal with the fact that tobacco causes cancer.” PeopleWorldWantBelieveFactsProblemGovernmentCausesDealsCompanyListeningCancerGlobal WarmingTobacco Author:John H Richardson
“Sure smokers have made personal choices. And they pay for those choices every day, whether sitting through an airline flight dyingfor a smoke, or dying for a smoke in the oncology wing of a hospital. The tobacco companies have not paid nearly enough for the killing.” MadeEnoughChoicesPayCompanyDyingSittingPaidWingsKillingAddictionFlightSmokeHospitalsTobaccoAirlineSmokersPersonal ChoiceOncology Author:Anna Quindlen
“Tobacco companies are legally operating entities in Australia. If the Government thinks that they should not make donations to political parties, well then they should ban them operating as legally structured entities in Australia.” IfsThinkingShouldWellsGovernmentPoliticalPartyCompanyAustraliaEntityPolitical PartiesTobaccoBansDonation Author:Julie Bishop
“As a culture, we've become upset by the tobacco companies advertising to children, but we sit idly by while the food companies do the very same thing. And we could make a claim that the toll taken on the public health by a poor diet rivals that taken by tobacco.” ChildrenCulturePoorCompanyTakenClaimsAdvertisingUpsetDietsRivalsTobaccoPublic HealthTolls Book:Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us Source: Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us