Malcolm
2016-01-06 01:03:41 UTC
Article by Murfster35 in Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/5/1466327/-GUS-A-new-year-Not-for-Big-Tobacco
Excerpts: "If this [plain packaging] law is allowed to stand by the appeals court, it is a critical one-two punch to the gut for big tobacco in Europe. The left jab is the 'Standardization' of tobacco packaging. This eliminates creativity, slogans and logos. The packages are generic, with oversized health warnings and military block style lettering, in fact in most 'standardized' packaging images I've seen, the brand name of the cigarettes is the smallest lettering on the package."
"Menthol is the fools gold of the cigarette industry. It is used for one reason and one reason only, to mask and hide the truly shitty taste of their product, to make it more pleasurable and therefor more addictive. If menthol cigarettes disappear, cigarette companies are going to have a hard time getting menthol smokers, especially new or 'casual' smokers to switch over to the harsher flavor and burn of traditional cigarettes."
Excerpts: "If this [plain packaging] law is allowed to stand by the appeals court, it is a critical one-two punch to the gut for big tobacco in Europe. The left jab is the 'Standardization' of tobacco packaging. This eliminates creativity, slogans and logos. The packages are generic, with oversized health warnings and military block style lettering, in fact in most 'standardized' packaging images I've seen, the brand name of the cigarettes is the smallest lettering on the package."
"Menthol is the fools gold of the cigarette industry. It is used for one reason and one reason only, to mask and hide the truly shitty taste of their product, to make it more pleasurable and therefor more addictive. If menthol cigarettes disappear, cigarette companies are going to have a hard time getting menthol smokers, especially new or 'casual' smokers to switch over to the harsher flavor and burn of traditional cigarettes."