THE NERVE: Altria says that they are moving beyond tobacco. This is offensive.

[egbertowillies]

Everyone should find this Altria ad offensive. Altria may believe that marketing can make an evil move seem benevolent. It makes it worse.

https://egbertowillies.com/2022/02/14/the-nerve-altria-says-that-they-are-moving-beyond-tobacco-this-is-offensive/

[AndyS]

1. Actually they are moving past the old tabacco model.

They have largely stopped production of smokables and chewable. The new emphasis is smocking cessation largely through vape technology. They bought into JUUL (just as the JUUL name was associated with tainted product that made a lot of kids sick) to produce smoking cessation products. Marketing is aimed exclusively at the medical profession and adult smokers.

Not saying they are doing the Lord's work but they are turning a page on their past marketing and product. It's like Smirnoff switching to hand sanitizer during the pandemic. It was a marketing opportunity aimed at a more healthy market place.

Hope to see the gun industry make this switch after the Sandy Hook papers are released and we have congressional hearing on their marketing . . .

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Smocking should definitely cease. Smockers wear funny clothes. . . . nt

[keithbvadu2]

3. Many people who have been scammed out of thousands have later been contacted by a second set of rela

Many people who have been scammed out of thousands have later been contacted by a second set of related scammers who claim they can get the money back... for an upfront fee of course.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

4. Too many psychopaths

With too much money and power.

In my dreams I would destroy thier corporate charters, and make the companies be worker owned ,liquidate all thier accumulated wealth here and abroad and use it to mitigate climate change and other damage they caused and clean up thier pollution and because of how they hurt and exploit people they can never be trusted to do what is right.

Jails need to be narcissist and sociopath containment centers.

Not a money maker for private companies run by rich sociopaths..jailing people for smoking weed or a poor person that has no funds or ability to pay a oversized unfair fine.

[Warpy]

6. Tobacco is even worse than that, the effects persist for generations

Original study with Medicalese: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-018-0039-8

Easier to read article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/21/children-of-the-90s-smoking-body-fat

I expect another announcement that they're pioneering new weight loss techniques.

Maybe the Sacklers will open some rehab clinics and Smith & Wesson will open trauma centers specializing in gunshot wounds.