Wednesday, June 11, 2008

I absolutely love these commercials.


So do my kids... I think smoking by far one of the nastiest things a human can do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRHvZazd4IM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypn3xpvA1eQ&feature=related


In this 1971 Face the Nation Television interview, Morton Mintz of the Washington Post confronts Joseph Cullman, III (then Chairman of the Board of Philip Morris) with information about a massive study done in the United Kingdom that showed that babies of smoking mothers had a greater incidence of low birth weight than non-smoking mothers, and that babies of smoking mothers had an increased risk of stillbirth and death within 28 days of birth. Cullman acknowledged that he was aware of the study and its results. His response:
"Some women would prefer having smaller babies."
When Mintz asked Cullman "What about the higher rate of death?" Cullman replied, "I'm not familiar with that."

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