“But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before them, their success depends on keeping Americans stupid.” BigsStupidDependsIndustryOilPropagandaCoalTobaccoMiningDrillingBig OilUranium MiningTobacco Industry Author:Jeff Goodell
“I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us. I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.” ShouldWantedFeltDangerIndustryProudMajorsEmployeeTobaccoMarginalizedTobacco Industry Author:Bill Ford
“If they gave a Nobel Peace Prize for work against big tobacco, not just in the industry, but also with the California tax initiative, he really deserves one.” IfsBigsIndustryTaxesDeserveCaliforniaPrizeInitiativeTobaccoNobelNobel Peace Prize Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Oh, I know: If you're fat, let's not blame you, let's sue McDonalds! Oh, for cryin' out loud, hey, if you smoke, not your fault, it's the tobacco company's fault! Hey, if you shoot somebody, not your fault, let's blame the gun industry!” IfsKnowsCompanyIndustryGunBlameFaultsFatsHeySmokeLoudSmokingTobaccoMcdonalds Author:Brad Stine
“We are just coming out of a 100-year stupor from being lied to by the tobacco industry for a century about the effects on young people, on cancer, these candy cigarettes that they promised had nothing to do with kids, Joe Camel that they promised was focused on the, you know, 55-year-old white male smoker, which we know is wrong. And we finally got out of that. Why in the world would we want to create the same thing, just not Big Tobacco this time, Big Marijuana?” PeopleKnowsWorldWantYearsBigsKidsYoungWhiteEffectsCenturyIndustryMalesCancerFocusedComing OutMarijuanaCigaretteCandyLiedTobaccoCamelsSmokersBeing LiedTobacco Industry Author:Kevin Sabet
“For many of us it is obvious that children are our ultimate investment, but unfortunately children are also the ultimate investment of the gun, tobacco and the liquor industries.” ChildrenIndustryGunUltimateInvestmentObviousTobaccoLiquor Author:Laura Huxley