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Old 06-18-2007   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Carcinogen offsets

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Originally Posted by Charbucks View Post
Where do you suppose the rest of the proceeds will go? Aside from advertising costs, this is pretty much pure profit for the tobacco companies. Shouldn't the money go entirely towards research? Otherwise it's not offsetting anything.
Who knows how they'll divy it up behind closed doors. No one knows what happens to the carbon offset money either, and everyone is fine with that.

Hey. If it saves just one life, right?
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