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Industry Smoke and Mirrors at the Movies

What they says to the public about pushing cigarettes in the movies:

See John Stosel from ABC 2020, interview Anne Browder form the Tobacco Institute about the appearances of Marlboro
in Superman II.

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What they do behind the scenes according to their own internal documents:

SUPER LIES:
Philip Morris memo showing payment for placement of Marlboro in Superman II. PDF

GREASEBORO?
See the Philip Morris report regarding product supplied to movie publicists for movies like: The Muppet Movie, Grease, Crocodile DunDee, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Rocky II, and many more. PDF

Olivia Newton John in Grease

STALLONE SELLS OUT Read Sylvester Stallone accepting $500K from Brown and Williamson for using their products in 5 of his movies. PDF
Sylvester Stallon self portrait
Brown and Williamson advertises on at the movies using cinema advertising. PDF
Joe Camel the Movie?
RJ Reynolds explores production of it's own motion picture around it's Camel brand. "Brings the brands lust for living position to life..." and Free Camel cartons to movie-goers. PDF
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