For lung cancer screening purposes, were trying to get at how much your lungs have been exposed to cigarette smoke
Tobacco makers in the lawsuit have argued the warnings would relegate the companies brands to the bottom half of the cigarette packaging, making them difficult, if not impossible, to see. A spokesman for Richmond, Va.-based Altria Group Inc., parent company of the nations largest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, said the company was looking at the final labels but would not comment further
All bets are off, though, when theyre plugged into e-cigarettes and aerosolized
Their spokesperson told us simply, "In the absence of definitive governmental guidance, airlines are deciding this issue individually." So we went to the airlines, and finally got a few answers
Back then, there were few barriers to cigarette marketing or consumption