“Tobacco use kills 1200 Americans every day and 450,000 every year. More people die from tobacco-related diseases than from AIDS, alcohol use, drugs, fires, car accidents, murders and suicides combined. It is the nation's leading preventable cause of death.”
Cheryl Healton
“These strong results reflect the first full year of the enlarged British American Tobacco Group and have been achieved by meeting our objectives of growth in international brands, improvements in margins and synergies from the merger,”
Martin Broughton
“These strong results reflect the first full year of the enlarged British American Tobacco Group and have been achieved by meeting our objectives of growth in international brands, improvements in margins and synergies from the merger.”
“Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less”
Dan Quayle
“We're going to expose what the tobacco companies knew and when they knew it. The American public is going to know how the tobacco industry manipulated kids, manipulated nicotine and manipulated public policy. Congress and the Department of Justice are going to know the pervasiveness of the fraud,”
Hubert Humphrey
“Tobacco-cessation programs are critical for the 45 million Americans who still smoke. Research shows 70 percent of smokers want to quit, but many lack the tools and resources needed to quit successfully. Help from friends, family and employers is critical to their success. Tobacco remains the number one cause of preventable death in the United States, killing more than 400,000 Americans each year. Initiatives such as the Gold Standard can provide smokers with the support they need to quit and stay quit.”
“Last year, the company's board and management claimed to act in the interests of stockholders by spinning off the tobacco business of RJR Nabisco,”
Carl Icahn
