Culpable Companies “The tobacco industry commented that a recent rise in tobacco consumption in Greece was ‘basically due to advertising.’” (Non-smokers’ Movement in Australia, 2000) Tobacco companies spend billions of dollars each year in various ways of advertising. But there are other forms of advertising. Movies show teens smoking and even have hidden advertisements themselves. In 1988, $350,000 was paid so that Marlboro cigarettes would appear in the new James Bond movie, “Licensed to Kill.” (Non-smokers’ Movement in …showed first 75 words of 725 total…

…showed last 75 words of 725 total…them. Smart companies and even better businessmen know this and use it to their advantage. As part of human nature they try to aggrandize themselves even it if is contraband. They will lie, cheat, and steal if they have to do so to gain their goals. But can you honestly say you have never short-changed someone in order to make gain? That is all that is happening, and it is destroying the lives of millions.