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"Altria Group is the parent company of Kraft Foods, Philip Morris International, philip morris USA, and philip morris Capital Corporation. Altria Group is also the largest shareholder in the world's second-largest brewer, SABMiller, with a 36 percent economic interest, http://altria.eom/about_altria/l_0_aboutaltriaover.asp. American Council for Fitness and Nutrition. "American Council for Fitness and Nutrition General Membership List." http://www.acfn.org/about-members/. American Dietetic Association. "Use of Nutritive and Nonnutritive Sweeteners." http://eatright ." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"Two examples are RJR Nabisco andAltria Group (which owns philip morris and Kraft Foods). (In 1999 RJR Nabisco split to avoid tobacco boycotts, which also affected their food sales. In 2000 philip morris bought Nabisco.) It makes one wonder if it will take the U.S. population and its government as long to realize that the food these companies are feeding us is destroying our health as it did for us to become aware that the cigarettes they were selling us were killing us." - Mark Hyman, Ultra-Metabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"Tozzi set up a non-profit think tank called the Institute of Regulatory Policy for philip morris. For this, according to the North American writers Rampton and Stauber,44 his company was paid $880,000. On behalf of philip morris the IRP constructed three coalitions to support 'sound science' and tobacco research. Since then and the setting up of his Junk Science website, he has attacked any science that endeavours to criticise industry.45 In 1998, in what he called a 'special' report on his web page, Milloy came out in defence of the pharmaceutical companies over HRT." - Martin J. Walker, HRT Licensed to Kill and Maim: The Unheard Voices of Women Damaged by Hormone Replacement Therapy (Get the book.)

"The roughly 100 attendees included lawyers and other representatives of all the top food companies, such as McDonald's, Kraft Foods, Mars, PepsiCo, Yum Brands (which owns Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut), Kellogg, Coca-Cola, and Altria, the tobacco company formerly known as philip morris. If you're wondering how an outspoken nutrition advocate and industry critic got in, I simply asked for and received press credentials. (As a writer, I make such requests all the time.) But within the first few minutes of the meeting, it was clear that somebody had made a mistake." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.)

"Its parent company, Altria, spent $135 million promoting philip morris cigarettes, and these brought in $57 billion in sales that year.) On a smaller scale, Frito-Lay snacks brought in $9 billion for PepsiCo in 2003, just in North America. Do these expenditures influence preferences for such foods? If you do not respond to food marketing, you would be highly unusual; most people do." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"George Weissman, president, philip morris, 1957 A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers TOBACCO IMII Mill HI >lMil.II l.uMMII II I A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers The "Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers," an advertisement placed in 448 newspapers in 258 American cities in 1954 by U.S. tobacco manufacturers, questioned research which implicated tobacco as a cause of cancer. This ad promised that cigarettes were safe and pledged to support impartial research to investigate allegations that smoking was harmful to human health." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"In more recent times, the litany of corporations found liable for significant financial punishment has been long, including Dow Corning (silicone breast implants), Merck (Vioxx pain reliever), the Ford Motor Company (the "exploding" Pinto), AH Robins (the Dalkon Shield contraceptive), WR Grace (asbestos), and philip morris (tobacco). These and many other companies have paid the price —both literally in verdicts costing hundreds of millions or billions of dollars, and in the court of public opinion —for damages wrought by their products." - Mark Schapiro, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power (Get the book.)

"In 1954 Marlboro cigarettes were a "mild as May" cigarette smoked by less than 1% of the nation's smokers when philip morris turned to a New York advertising agency in hopes of increasing sales. The cigarette never changed, but when the Leo Burnett Company came up with the "Marlboro Man," the brand went from a cigarette smoked by a small number of ladies to the best-selling tobacco product in the world.3 Sales in 1955 rose 3,241% over 1954's pre-Marlboro Man levels.4 The point? Advertising works." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"One Journal ad read, "Patients with coughs were instructed to change to philip morris cigarettes. In three out of four cases, the coughs disappeared completely. When these patients changed back to cigarettes made by the ordinary method of manufacture, coughs had returned in one third of the cases. This philip morris superiority is due to the employment of diethylene glycol."51 The campaign was wildly successful and established philip morris as a major tobacco player, until, in 1937, seventy-two people died as a result of using a drug called Sulfanalamide Massengill." - Kenny Ausubel, When Healing Becomes A Crime: The Amazing Story of the Hoxsey Cancer Clinics and the Return of Alternative Therapies (Get the book.)

"Tobacco Control 9: 193-200, 2000] The leading manufacturer of cigarettes in Japan, Japan Tobacco, of which the government holds two-thirds ownership, continues to question whether tobacco is a major cause of disease and death. philip morris has assisted Japan Tobacco, which is evidence of global collaboration. [Lancet 363: 1820-24,2004] Smokers as pawns to industry: screening programs Smokers also find themselves as pawns to the medical profession. Many smokers know that early detection is their only hope for successful treatment." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"If there's one lesson to be learned from the Miles 'light' cigarette lawsuit brought against philip morris, it is that the stock markets can severely punish the perception of deceptive marketing practices or misrepresentation," says London-based JP Morgan senior food analyst Arnaud Langlois. "Even if nothing illegal emerges during the process of trials (assuming they get to that stage), we believe food companies may find it embarrassing to see courts shedding light on some of their marketing practices," Langlois continues. "Were children the main targets? Were obese people targeted?" - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"Philip Morris is the only company that makes a product that kills its customers and throws a party! [Tobacco Control 15:75-77, 2006] that certain tobacco additives be banned because they increase the risk for cancer and tobacco addiction. German health authorities allege certain substances were added to cigarettes to make them more palatable to children and young people. Menthol was added as an anesthetic to dull the harsh effects of tobacco among first-time smokers. Even sugar and aromatics were added to make cigarettes taste better." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"It's no accident that Kraft is owned by Altria, which is also the parent company of tobacco giant philip morris. Kraft executives explain that they don't want to repeat the same "mistakes" of the tobacco wars. In other words, the company wants to avoid negative PR and protracted legal battles by being "part of the solution." That's why in January 2005, Kraft adopted a well-coordinated strategy for marketing to children. So what's wrong with that? Don't we want companies to curb their marketing practices toward children?" - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) "Kraft's Crafty Nutrition Criteria Hoping to avoid embroiling itself in the kinds of litigation and PR nightmares that plagued its tobacco-selling sister company philip morris, Kraft Foods has positioned itself alongside PepsiCo and other top food sellers as "part of the solution" to obesity. In 2003, Kraft announced its intention to devote a major portion of its $350 million-plus research and development budget to the creation of myriad "healthier" product options. In a two-year period, the food maker reformulated some 750 items, or more than 10 percent of its total sales by volume. " - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) "Indeed, CREW notes that Rick Berman initially pitched the organization to philip morris as a vehicle to "unite the restaurant and hospitality industries in a campaign to defend against attacks from anti-smoking, anti-drinking, anti-meat activists." CREW's executive director, Melanie Sloan, said that, "Given all of the violations CCF has committed, a full and fair investigation should result in the organization losing its [tax] exemption."16 (As of this writing, action on the complaint has yet to be taken.) Who's Funding CCF? Who Can Tell?" - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.)

"Brodeur makes clear that the machinations of Johns-Manville make those of philip morris seem naive and ineffectual by comparison. Today, despite a century of well-documented deadly experience, worldwide production of asbestos products is as great as ever. Although the use of asbestos in many applications in the United States and European countries has been strictly curtailed or banned altogether, much of the rest of the world lags far behind in protective regulation for asbestos." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

"That edge was discovered with a jolt by Microsoft, which was fined close to a billion dollars for violating European principles of fair competition in its marketing of computer software; by General Electric, which had its proposed merger with Honeywell blocked because of similar anticompetitiveness concerns; and by philip morris, which agreed to a one billion dollar fine to settle allegations of tobacco smuggling and evading taxes." - Mark Schapiro, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power (Get the book.)

"Philip Morris." Insiders are now struck by the similarities between what once faced Big Tobacco and what now faces Big Sugar. "Saying that all these heavily sweetened drinks or foods cannot harm you is the moral equivalent of the tobacco industry claiming for decades that their products had no causal relationship to heart disease or cancer," laments one knowledgeable source, who desired anonymity for fear of reprisal in the workplace. It's Not Nice to Fool Consumers: The Legal Volleys Begin Not surprisingly, while I was writing this book, experts told me about a dozen legal volleys (i.e." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"Altria, you need to remember, owns philip morris cigarettes. But that does not mean that Post cereals lack apparent "endorsements" from health organizations. Take a look at Post cereals like Honey Nut Shredded Wheat and Frosted Shredded Wheat. Both cereals have banners on the front saying "Helps reduce the risk of heart disease because it is rich in whole grains." Now look at the side panel. There, in bold letters, is American Diabetes Association. Can this be an endorsement of these presweetened cereals? Not at all. You have to look at the small print." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) "If I keep saying that Kraft is mostly owned by Altria, which also owns philip morris, you will understand why. Regardless of the best intentions of Kraft executives, the parent company has a long history of marketing unhealthy products to children and of strong protection of its bottom line above any consideration of health." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"In 2000 philip morris bought Nabisco.) It makes one wonder if it will take the U.S. population and its government as long to realize that the food these companies are feeding us is destroying our health as it did for us to become aware that the cigarettes they were selling us were killing us. It's a strange coincidence that obesity is now overtaking smoking as the leading cause of death in this country when it is the same companies foisting the products on us that caused these problems in the first place. The tobacco companies and the junk-food companies are the same companies!" - Mark Hyman, Ultra-Metabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"On behalf of philip morris the IRP constructed three coalitions to support 'sound science' and tobacco research. Since then and the setting up of his Junk Science website, he has attacked any science that endeavours to criticise industry.45 In 1998, in what he called a 'special' report on his web page, Milloy came out in defence of the pharmaceutical companies over HRT. After singing the praises of hormone replacement, he rounded on the 'junk science mobsters' who were using circumstantial evidence to scare women into thinking that HRT can cause breast cancer." - Martin J. Walker, HRT Licensed to Kill and Maim: The Unheard Voices of Women Damaged by Hormone Replacement Therapy (Get the book.) "The board includes a past chairman of tobacco giant philip morris Inc. and present chairman of Colgate-Palmolive. Time Warner AOL owns most of the major media outlets in the developed world, and apart from Murdoch-owned interests, all the major outlets in North America. It owns the Time-Life group, CNN and all its subsidiary news companies, all the Warner Brothers interests, including the film studios and companies, as well as their television outlets, and somewhere in the region of 80 magazines." - Martin J. Walker, HRT Licensed to Kill and Maim: The Unheard Voices of Women Damaged by Hormone Replacement Therapy (Get the book.)

"A so-called consumer group that represents smokers is suing philip morris to pay for yearly cancer screening. The group wants the tobacco company to pay for low-dose CT scanning of the chest. But the funding for this group is undisclosed. The head of this consumer group was formerly employed by an unnamed Fortune 500 company and had worked for various Congressional leaders. Has she been planted to head this consumer group? How would this leader represent smokers?" - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"This did not put him in good stead with the AMA when their biggest source of advertising revenue from the Journal of the American Medical Association came from the philip morris cigarette company! As we learned with the Hoxsey therapy, the AMA had a very powerful influence in the 1940s and 1950s over what was accepted by the medical community and what was not. In 1946, Gerson testified in a U.S. Senate hearing in support of a proposed bill to Congress that would authorize the president to "wage war on cancer." - Tanya Harter Pierce, Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments That Work (Get the book.)

"The campaign's goal is to rile up and mobilize a committed cadre of foot soldiers in a grassroots army directed by Philip Morris's political operatives at Burson-Marsteller. philip morris knows that to win politically it has to "turn out the troops," people who can emotionally battle on its behalf. The NSA is a sophisticated, camouflaged campaign that organizes tobacco's victims to protect tobacco's profits. In the past, the tobacco industry attempted, not too convincingly, to distance itself from pro-smoking forces." - John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry (Get the book.)

"Based upon this masterpiece of comprehensive scientific inquiry, philip morris then turned around and, with Dr. Fishbein's blessing, used this research as the basis for ad campaigns that ran regularly in the AMA Journal and other medical journals for nearly 20 years. The ads offered doctors free packs of Philip Morris; and the company sent representatives to doctors' offices to give them free cigarettes and talk to them about the health advantages of the company's cigarettes." - John Robbins, Reclaiming Our Health: Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the True Source of Healing (Get the book.)

"Known clients include Monsanto, DuPont, philip morris and Shell Oil. Mike Miles, the former CEO of philip morris, had a particular affinity for MBD's cold-war style. According to PR executive Robert Dilenschneider, Miles "has a voracious appetite for intelligence, and he's very much aware of the other side's intelligence-gathering efforts. He's so careful that he has his company's travel people glue stickers on airline ticket jackets cautioning his executives not to talk shop while en route!"23 MBD tries to get on the mailing list of as many organizations as possible." - John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry (Get the book.)

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