The huge amounts of revenue received from tobacco sales allowed the companies to maintain powerful regardless of how wrong they were. The ability to change people's opinions in regards to tobacco was very easy with the influence of money; this was no exception for politicians. Even though the companies explain their motives for political charity as, "...for the satisfaction of contributing..." they must be aware that such excessive charity almost always influences the vote on tobacco laws to their benefit. (1.155) It seems strange that tobacco is still not a part of the Food and Drug Act or that there has been many obvious loopholes in regulations unless political connections are considered. In 1993, Imasco alone gave away $200 000, which was spread to many different leaders but when combined with many other contributions and the temptation of for tax money, the potential for political control was very great. Government leniency accepted the companies' self-regulations which allowed them to create a deceiving complaint system where they could choose who complains. (4) Money is also used in excess by the industry to win court battles since one person's victory could easily lead to a thousand when dealing with tobacco. A large settlement is a lot better to the industry than a loss in court since they have so much money to spare. An internal memo from an American lawyer explained his court strategy in the 1996 case that resulted in the first out of court settlement: "...the way we won these cases was not by spending all of the company's money, but by making that other son of a bitch spend all of his." (1.150) The tobacco industry has realized that they have a great green power in their pockets and have grown very rich because of it. People don't seem to realize that a loss in court means a lot more than simply losing money; it also means a loss of credibility, which is usually worth more to the business. With this in mind, the tobacco industry uses its money to escape the law and ultimately become richer because of it.

4.) Smoking, The Artificial Passion; 1989 David Krogh

1.) Smoke and Mirrors: The Canadian Tobacco War 1996 Rob Cunningham

The use of tobacco manipulation has shown that companies are totally aware of the true nature of their product. They have tried over and over again to argue that nicotine and other chemicals are vital to the taste of the cigarette and by taking them away, the customers would be unsatisfied, but confidential documents point otherwise. In 1945 a company-funded study called 'The Role of Nicotine' describes the reality of their product as nicotine cleverly packaged in the cigarette. In some cases ammonia was found in the mix which was probably added to speed the intake time of nicotine into the system even though this is a dangerous chemical to the human body. While questioning Dr. Wigand, former president of research for Brown and Williamson, he exposed that his company was using 'coumarin' in their pipe tobacco, a known carcinogen that was needlessly added to cigarettes. When he asked his supervisor why the

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