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Non-Profit Tobacco. Find a way to give that majority of smokers, those who don't like what they do (but do it anyway), the ability to purchase high-quality cig

• pg 19y ago
  That actually might work...
  • kashif 19y ago
    I am not so certain. Smoked for almost 11 years before I quit in March of this year. 1. Smokers don't switch brands easily, its more than just choice or taste, bodies get used to a certain cigarette. I wouldn't' just buy your cigarettes because they contribute to a good cause. All cigs are not the same. If I wanted to contribute to cancer I have other ways of doing it. 2. Most smokers actually don't believe that they will get cancer from smoking. 'It can't happen to me' syndrome. 3.The population of smokers is getting younger. An ever larger chunk comes from teenagers and folks in their early 20's who do not want to spend more for cigarettes, additionally, what they smoke is also a function of what their friends smoke. 4. Cigarettes are getting increasingly expensive because of higher government taxes in most nations among other reasons. 5. No tobacco corporation publicly admits that tobacco causes cancer. No one will sell you tobacco to make these cigs, 6. Finally, the assumption that a majority of smokers don't like smoking is wrong. Most smokers enjoy smoking. Ask a smoker about his/her after dinner smoke and that should convince you.
• ivankirigin 19y ago
  Natural American Spirit helps native americans, right? "[they] purportedly donate a portion of their revenues to Native American charities." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_American_Spirit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_American_Spirit That isn't too far off. Either way, with taxes, lots of money goes to government mandated campaigns against smoking, tort damages, and miscellaneous government pork. You can't really control that.
  • h34t 19y ago
    Certainly taxes help, but this would target the money that isn't going into taxes -- I think there's still enough profit in the tobacco industry for a project like this to have a shot at working. Thanks for the interesting link. I like their idea a little, but I see donating some portion of revenues to Native American charities as a far cry from hitting the nail directly on the head with a "real" mission-driven non-profit.
    • rms 19y ago
      Especially because Natural American Spirit was acquired by a Big Tobacco company.
    • gscott 19y ago
      The tobacco taxes have been misspent. In San Diego none of the tobacco tax money went to health care. Zero, not one percent of it.
• ks 19y ago
  Brilliant!
• brianmckenzie 19y ago
  Best idea I've heard in a long time. Better hope the smokers don't sue you, though.