Philip Morris CEO: Cigs not that hard to quit

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11 points·lotusleaf1987··9 comments

He's right, I quit three times and probably should go for #4 sometime soon.

This is hilarious. They can't say they're safe anymore, they can't say they aren't addictive, so now they are "harmful and addictive" but easy to quit?

These are the same folks who stonewalled the dangers of smoking for thirty years. The same folks who do everything they can in engineering their product to make it addictive.

I can understand why he is the CEO because he's able to say something like that with a straight face.

It reads like he was saying cigarettes are not as difficult to quit as crack, cocaine or meth. There are obviously a lot of factors involved, but if you've seen someone get caught up with meth, there's simply no comparison.

From the article: "Gundersen also said a patient told her last week that of all the addictions he's beaten — crack, cocaine, meth — cigarettes have been the most difficult."

Should we guess how much longer he will be employed?

Well, according to his bio[1]:

"He had been employed continuously by Altria Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries (including Philip Morris International Inc.) in various capacities since 1978."

They aren't exactly looking for boy scouts to add shareholder value.

[1]http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=...

i didnt have any hard time quitting smoking. I smoked a pack for a year. one day i wanted to quit . took about a week. been a non smoker for 15 years

Congratulations on being the exception to the rule.

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