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Is it true that tobacco companies use their profits

To fight cancer?

CestManan · 46-50, F

Maybe a small bit as a public relations stunt.

Tobacco companies don;t give the wart hairs off a rat's ass if people get cancer

Seewhoitis · 51-55, M

@CestManan Hahahaha. So funny.

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CestManan · 46-50, F

@RodneyTrotter hahahaha holy crap!

Next we will hear how Donald Trump donates to LGBT causes and BLM

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CleverFunnyNameGoesHere · F

If I am recalling correctly: I think when the initial lawsuit happened a bunch of tobacco companies had to put money into a research fund. And a few companies have funded some independent studies. But I don't know if any tobacco companies regularly pay a portion of their profits to research anymore.

CestManan · 46-50, F

@CleverFunnyNameGoesHere Only if ordered by the court.

I do not know why the feds trip anyways, not like they aren't making bank off tobacco taxes.

CleverFunnyNameGoesHere · F

@CestManan Part of the reason the government has an issue with it is that second-hand smoke is more detrimental in and of itself than the filtered smoke that goes into a smoker's lungs, so people who are around cigarette smoke but do not smoke are getting sick/cancer more frequently than smokers. Frequently these long-term illnesses make the ill individual unable to work which makes them reliant on Medicaid/Medicare which is paid for by taxes.

GypsyMiss · 41-45, F

I almost lost my mouthful when I read this. Yes, I’m sure they give a teeny, tiny amount to cancer research, just like pharma companies divert 80% of their profits into R&D (as though they should be congratulated on coming up on new ways to make money 🙄)

CestManan · 46-50, F

@GypsyMiss Pretentiousness is a big thing now. Everyone is made out to be a big shot.

ANYthing good a tobacco company does is because the feds ordered them to.

BTW, I smoke myself. messed up habit, I know.

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