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Originally posted by DebiDebiDebi:
I have often wondered how people can work for cigarette companies and lay their heads down at night...you would have to be a person of no concience, I suspect. |
<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Hey Debbie, actually, I worked many years for Philip Morris USA here in Richmond and I'm happy to report that there are tons of folks who work there who are upstanding citizens, indcluding me. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Smoking, like drinking or eating fattening fast food (both of which also can kill) is a personal choice that I respect and also a choice that I chose not to partake in for the reasons you state - as do more than half of PMUSA's employees. Anyone who lights up knows the risks. While I also respect your opinion to feel the way you do and to express your opinion publicly, I just want folks here to know that the 8,000 men and women who work here in the Richmond facility are some of the best people I've ever met and worked with - and that PM gives back tremendously not only to the economy but in public service. And you might be surprised to know just how diversified PM is -
many products you probably have in your pantry might be under the PM Inc (now Altria) umbrella (Kraft Foods). Just a heads up from a former cigarette company employee. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]
[ 03-21-2003, 09:39 AM: Message edited by: Dad2jbj ]