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2. I worked for Philip Morris

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Sep 22, 2019, 10:26 AM

Sep 2019

In Louisville in the early 80's, in quality control.

At xmas, the whole plant shut down for a week. Everybody got a vacation, and necessary maintenance could be done on machines. Except for, "members of management". We still had to come in for "training". It was a joke. The last day, we were all desperate to get away. The powers that be said, you can leave now if you write a letter to your congressman and the Surgeon General, saying you do not believe cigarettes are harmful to anyone's health.

They knew damn well they were.

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Court rejects $7.1 million Florida verdict because tobacco company admitted smoking dangers in 1999 [View all] TexasTowelie Sep 2019 OP

Surprise! All 3 three judges are Republican-appointed hacks. cureautismnow Sep 2019 #1

I worked for Philip Morris Bayard Sep 2019 #2