Clearing The Air

Phillip Morris 3rd quarter profits up 20.6% despite smoking ban agenda to reduce tobacco use

http://www.rttnews.com/Content/TopStories.aspx?Node=B1&Id=749796&Category=Top%20Stories

Cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris International Inc. (PM: News ), spun-off of from tobacco company Altria Group Inc. (MO: News ), announced Wednesday morning that its third quarter profit rose 20.6% from the year-ago quarter

The other stated agenda by smoking ban activist groups is to increase business for the hospitality industry......but that's proving to be a grossly exaggerated side effect of the business crippling legislation as well.

http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2007/01/100-bars-and-restaurants-put-out-of.html

http://www.smokersclub.com/banloss3.htm

Perhaps the real legacy of smoking ban legislation was eliminating successful businesses and jobs, and provoking the home foreclosure crisis.

http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-do-smoking-bans-improve-lives.html

posted by marcus aurelius @ 10:03 AM