Pro and anti-smoking lobby. Here I will smokes

Tobacco and health do not mix. This powerful economic sector provider of significant tax revenue for states is in turmoil over the development of health policy in Western countries. Hygienism say some, others say caution. Between pro-and anti-tobacco , war is not the fire but it does not happen blow smoke ring either.

Tobacco and domestic fires

In his book, Lobbying and Health, published by Pascal Editons in collaboration with the French Mutuality, Roger Lenglet recalls the responsibility of the cigarette in domestic fires. The author cites a study by McGuire, Cigarettes and Fire Death, which shows that between 2,000 and 24,000 deaths took place in the USA in the 70s and 80s. "These tragedies are caused by improperly extinguished cigarette butts, explosions of gas clouds coming in contact with cigarette burns, explosions of fuel vapor or solvent nail at the touch of a lighter ... Not to mention smokers, many who fall asleep with their lighted cigarette or forget it on a table. " Given this information, the U.S. tobacco lobby is trying to avoid the spread of new and even plans to launch a campaign to promote vigilance smoking on smoking-related fires in the idea of honoring results reducing deaths. Before turning back to the pressure of public opinion. And remember that "In France, the issue is raised by anyone."

Since the introduction of highly restrictive laws on this issue, deaths from domestic fires related to cigarettes are now the order of 700 to 900 per year according to USA Today in an article dating back to 200 6. The idea of tobacco has long been to question the epidemiological studies on the dangers of smoking by launching their own, in order to drown the fish or by focusing on promotion. The series Mad Men, which won a big success across the Atlantic is the story of an advertising agency that boasts, among others, the benefits of smoking. The scenes take place in the 50s.

Like all products on the shelves, tobacco uses the marketing mix (4 P) playing on price, distribution, product and promotion. On this last point, we see the graph below the link between cigarette sales and promotion. Can be seen more clearly in from this link .

To delay the application of restrictive laws, parliamentarians engaged in this battle seems lost it in advance. Edouard Courtia the part of this group with Thierry Mariani and André Santini. The UMP Oise has proposed in March 2006 a law "to struggle to reconcile against the Passive smoking and maintenance an local economy . "

This is not all. As stressed by the Internet user, "To influence policy," British American Tobacco "was made available to members of the lodges to international courts of Roland Garros last spring, as well as tickets to attend the World football in Germany. The group also organized with the club lovers parliamentary tan, dinner in the halls of the Senate President, a few days before the report of the parliamentary commission on the smoking ban. The President of the Confederation of tobacconists also organizes regular breakfasts with elected officials. "

It sometimes works. In October 2009, the Parliament adopted the increase in tobacco prices up 6% against 10% who were offered. This has led to the ire of Marisol Touraine, a PS member. As noted by the newspaper Les Echos , the increase in tobacco prices was not accompanied by an equivalent increase in excise duties, taxes levied on tobacco sales.
Shortfall for the state, "between 66 and 90 million euros" per year, according to Yves Bur , champion of the anti-tobacco and anti UMP.

The objective of the tobacco companies in Western countries is to play the card of the freedom to smoke. Smoking would be a fundamental right in the same way assert his opinion, meet, move ... They were assisted in this regard by the campaign tobacconists on the occasion of the 2008 law to ban smoking in -tobacco bars, restaurants, nightclubs and other public places. This law is the logical continuation of the Veil Act 1976 and the Evin law of 2001 on tobacco advertising. Mobilizing social body associated with its interests, the tobacco industry opts demagoguery not without success since the petition set up at the time had received more than one million signatures. It has the world tobacco to appear as the champion of freedom and tobacconists to recover some additional allocations from the government to make ends meet. If tobacconists are therefore "resistant", you can imagine that when the term befits tobacco. Especially as other initiatives come against carrer-the anti-tobacco efforts. Like this cafe which is given to just smoking a spirit of contradiction (he was one of the first café to ban smoking in the bar in 2000, and one of those who had authorized its customers to smoke after the 2008 Act) or the news that comes to us from Australia or the United States where we learn that it is now forbidden to smoke in some entire villages in his apartment on the balcony or in his car when children are being transported.

Directorate Third World

Now, tobacco companies address the emerging markets with the knife in his teeth. Africa, China ... become the new El Dorado of tobacco with business strategies based on the street marketing, distributing free cigarettes to schools, promote the use of tobacco by highlighting cultural icons, smoking ... The video below below the shows.

And during that time in the anti-tobacco ...

On the other edge of the board of the tobacco lobby, there are a number of political scientists and eager to change the behavior of French towards this particularly addictive. Yves Bur, we said in the Assembly but Gerard Dubois , president of the Alliance on Tobacco and author of the book: "Curtain of smoke: the secret methods of the tobacco industry."

In the introduction to his book, Gerard Dubois tells the story of "Jeffrey Wigand. "In April 1994, Jeffrey Wigand receives anonymous phone calls:" Do not kidding with tobacco "" You have three children, think of them. Drops or they suffer. "Jeffrey Wigand is a former vice president of research and development of the U.S. cigarette manufacturer Brown & Williamson. In contact with a reporter, he plans to reveal what he knows about the cigarettes. Since living in terror, he constantly keeps a gun in his car and escort their children to school. One morning, he discovered a bullet in his letter-box. "

Jeffrey Wigand inspired a movie starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, The Insider, which gave Revelations in France.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x98mtm

In Thanks for smoking is also found this same issue from the perspective of this time lobbyist.

Sometimes, however, the anti-tobacco go too far in the use of figures related to smoking as recalled by Professor Robert Molimard, smoking cessation specialist in this interview.

Or use methods that do not distort in pro-tobacco as specified this section of the Canada Site ledevoir.com.

It has thus been read (current 2006-2007 and then more recently in late 2009-early 2010 canvas) that one of the advertisements INPES tobacco was censored due to the action of the tobacco companies. The campaign Toxic Corp, moreover with great ironic theme "replacement smoker", we translate by smoking alternative to meet the constraints of the Toubon's law, the law of forgiveness Toubon, was launched in 2006.

Elsewhere in Europe , other campaigns also mark the spirits. actually hid behind this rumor a marketing campaign veered to ensure the promotion of the campaign.

These techniques can serve the tobacco front. Since the announcement of the "censorship" of photos showing smoking, smoking. Thus, recently, several promotional posters for films and exhibitions. Serge Gainsbourg , Jacques Chirac or Coco Chanel and Jacques Tati have seen they were removed the cigarette in his mouth for the sake of the cause.

Attitude vis-à-vis tobacco is very different from that which prevails for alcohol.

This attitude in communication can sustainably serve the action of anti-tobacco. This line is known as René Magritte since the perception of reality is more important than reality itself.

Mikaël Cabon