Talk:Philip Morris USA/Archives/2015

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~~ 19/9/08 This page reads like a business statement, not an unbiased encyclopaedia article; not that I have any idea on how to change it but I assume a smarter person could rewrite this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.238.133.155 (talk) 14:30, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

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"Corporate Position on Health Hazards" sounds like it's written by someone working at the company to promote a positive image or something along those lines. In any case it's ridiculous that it's such a large part of this (admittedly short) article, especially as Philip Morris spent decades denying the health hazards of tobacco and only admitted that there are some in 1999... 86.50.3.60 (talk) 20:28, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

No part about controversy over Philip Morris's ads that target young kids? Furthermore, I believe that the anti-smoking commericals is because of a court case.

Yes. As I recall, it was part of some sort of settlement... Did some looking around, and the Master Settlement Agreement must be the one, though it's a bit short... I'll put a little context next to the "related links" section so people know why it's relevant. 192.211.25.9 06:43, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

That was me back there. In any case, nevermind on the "adding context" thing, since I'm not sure how to handle this... Logically speaking, Phillip Morris wouldn't stand much to gain from anti-smoking ads except as an image tactic--they're a tobacco company. I'm thinking it's that they were required to run those Joe Chemo ads because of some agreement. I'm not sure it's this Master Settlement one, though... The current article on that is a mess and I'm uncertain as to how I'll get a balanced picture, and whether the rumors on the Settlement page are true. I'm now confused as to what the Settlement actually is at this point.

Blah. The main point is that it's going to be hard to connect the antismoking ads and that paticular settlement without some outside verification, and a lot of stuff out there is either biased or unreadable. Does anyone know what the heck is going on with this ad situation? Kennard2 07:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

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