(Landmarks May 20), June 24, 1997, U.S. tobacco companies wishing to "Opium" directed to the Asian market.


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1997 June 20, 2010, Fei Lipu - Morris USA and other major tobacco companies on behalf of the Mississippi Attorney General Moore and barrister of the 40 states in the Park Hyatt Washington agreement, compensation for people infected by the United States due to smoking in the next 25 years, the U.S. tobacco companies will have $ 368.5 billion; After 25 years, an additional $ 15 billion every year. In exchange, the tobacco companies would be exempt from criminal responsibility. Unprecedented amount of compensation involved in the agreement, called a "historic agreement".
court never why smokers win the case of major U.S. tobacco companies agreed to raise that much compensation? The main reason is that: the harm caused by smoking to the national economy and the people's livelihood has been the tobacco companies have been increasingly violent government, the medical profession and anti-smoking organizations "under siege". History TodayOnHistory.com
to official statistics, according to the government, the United States each year about 40 million people were smoking caused disease and died, not less than $ 100 billion per year resulting in economic losses. (Today in History www.lssdjt.com)
major U.S. tobacco companies worldwide enterprise and consumer markets around the world. However, even though the tobacco company's earnings is amazing, but forced boss come up with so much money as a "settlement fee", how can they resign? To this end, they are bound to try to fill the the "Tsutsumiuchi loss" Diwai, ". $ 368.5 billion U.S. dollars of costs will ultimately fall on the head of the United States and the Asia-Pacific consumers. U.S. tobacco companies will take a joint strategy to developing countries to launch a massive attack. (Lssjt.cn)
It is estimated that, in order to pay the settlement amount ", the tobacco companies will increase the retail price of cigarettes, cigarette sales in the U.S. market which will lead to a substantial decline. Domestic cigarette sales not bound flows to developing countries, especially in the Asia-Pacific market. (L $ dj��.c��m)
According to statistics, the annual number of deaths caused by the global smoking 300 million, of which 2.5 million cases occurred in countries outside the United States, the World Health Organization predicts that by 2020, annual global There are 10 million people die of smoking-induced disease, of which 700 million will occur in developing countries. According to the report of a study at the University of California, in Asia, the highest smoking rates in Vietnam, followed by China and Indonesia. The major U.S. tobacco companies are targeting the Asian market, and Vietnam, and China as a key. This can not but arouse the vigilance of the people.
U.S. tobacco companies should "drug charges" intent to lead developing countries has aroused strong repercussions. From 19 countries and regions in the Asia Pacific antismoking Association sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, pointed out that U.S. tobacco companies can not pass on the huge compensation to developing countries, to the detriment of the interests of the people in developing countries. At the same time, the letter also asked the U.S. tobacco companies to pay $ 10 billion annually to the World Health Organization as the funding of tobacco control programs. (History. Com)