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Is there really nothing on Wikipedia on the $280bn tobacco lawsuits? Or the recent (failed) UK lawsuit? [1] Rd232 15:06, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
I have searched high and low for such references, and cannot find any. Then I searched Google for news reports of possible censorship of Wikipedia, and also found nothing. However I find it difficult to believe that Wikipedians wouldn't have been falling over themselves to write something about this. Court TV has comprehensive and reliable resources. Caravaca 18:38, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
But figures (market shares) are becoming a bit old (1999)
I dug up various rankings for tobacco companies. Most use vague quantifiers and have different ordering.
BBC News "bigness" ranking [2]:
Ranking by "volume," according to the Altria Group article:
1 & 2: China National Tobacco and Japan Tobacco
3: Philip Morris (Altria)
Ranking by "largeness," according to the Japan Tobacco article:
Ranking by "sales," according to the China National Tobacco Co. article:
Ranking by "largeness," according to the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company article:
Ranking by "market share," according to the Tobacco company article:
Ranking by "sales," according to the Tobacco company article:
-- 61.115.196.42 13:18, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
This article is pretty US-orientated. Could anyone write more about the international industry ? Arsine 19:26, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
I note someone's added statistics on the tobacco (damnable typos 203.129.34.62) industry from Euromonitor. I remind people that Euromonitor is not a PD resource; I'm quite sure they mention something about red hot pokers in bums for copyvios when you log in. Perhaps an alternate, free source could be found for this information? Prospectus' usually include information about the composition of the business. 203.129.34.62 09:19, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
I came to this article to look for articles about the tabacco industry:
Instead I find some general info about some lawsuit in the US... This artical needs reworking —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.49.135.68 ( talk • contribs)
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Soviet Union...? ( Dissimilation ( talk) 21:14, 5 July 2010 (UTC))
"Abstract:The major tobacco manufacturers discovered that polonium was part of tobacco and tobacco smoke more than 40 years ago and attempted, but failed, to remove this radioactive substance from their products. Internal tobacco industry documents reveal that the companies suppressed publication of their own internal research to avoid heightening the public’s awareness of radioactivity in cigarettes. Tobacco companies continue to minimize their knowledge about polonium-210 in cigarettes in smoking and health litigation. Cigarette packs should carry a radiation-exposure warning label."
The conflicting points of view section appears relatively skewed towards the Tobacco Industry. The first paragraph itself is somewhat fair, but the second paragraph provides a completely unsupported statement in favor of the industry, which is not in any way offset by any statement in opposition of the industry (that produces a product proven to carry severe health issues).
Also, "conflicting points of view," seems like an odd choice for a header. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dupreem ( talk • contribs) 14:50, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
I added the Synthesis tag because the only reference for that section is simply a table of tax revenue, and has no direct information that supports the claim made in the section. I vote for removal of this section unless better citations are found to support said argument. Pdinc ( talk) 21:17, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
There's at least one (anon) editor pushing to move Cannabis industry into another category. Right now it's in the base industry category, Category:Industries (economics). Would it make sense to create a category "tobacco and cannabis industry" and put this and the other article there? ☆ Bri ( talk) 16:20, 12 February 2024 (UTC)