tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334Tue, 10 Sep 2024 03:38:19 +0000unfiltered newsSpeakin' My MindTobacco Adsflavored cigarettesFDA regulatin'health benefits of smokin'smokin' bansfun tobacco memostobacco taxesYee Haw Salutecamelnew cigarettesreynoldsFilters are for wimps. At the Big Tobacco Blog we'll give y'all the unfiltered news and truth about smokin' issues, brought to you by former Lairdare Tobacco Executive Rufus T. Baccey.http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)Blogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-6621982534025030903Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:03:00 +00002011-04-04T09:11:49.256-05:00Speakin' My MindYee Haw Y'all.It's been 4 years since my last post. Been busy helping do things like eliminate tobacco control programs in New Jersey and cripple programs in New York. Next big project will be to help out some good ole boys in their fight against the Revenue men. Heck we're just like the Dukes of Hazzard, only instead of the General Lee, we drive lung cancer rates. Yeeee Ha! Good times.Anywho, http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/startin-tweeter-thing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-5653914849398827575Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:34:00 +00002007-12-19T11:57:33.136-05:00camelreynoldsSpeakin' My Mindunfiltered newsIn the imortal words of Andy Williams, "it's the holiday season, so So hoopdidoo and dickoreedock." Fortunately the good folks at RJ Reynolds haven't forgotten with their brand spankin' new (emphasis on spankin') Holiday-time promotion.Got this in the ol' inbox just in time for Christmas!This year you can get that special someone a free subscription to Playboy. Camel is puttin' the ho back in http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/rj-reynold-christmas-playboy-promotion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-9027479174782358202Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:09:00 +00002007-12-05T00:13:04.578-05:00camelreynoldsSpeakin' My Mindunfiltered newsPoor ol' Joe Camel can't get a break.Today, a total of eight busy-body attorneys general have filed lawsuits claimin' Reynold and Camel violated the Master's Settlement Agreement with a big ad campaign in Rollin' Stone magazine. It's all the usual suspects of California, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Maryland, Maine and Washington.Y'all can read about it here, here, and here as well as http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/clubbin-camels-ag-suit-hits-rjr-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-8459536668601604461Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:58:00 +00002007-11-12T16:44:11.787-05:00health benefits of smokin'This week is the annual American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout. So expect to hear a lot of gobbly guck about how bad smokin' is fer ya. This is like Christmas to them heath nuts.Makes me sick.I am so tired of hearin' about how terrible smokin' is fer ya. Nobody ever talks about the real benefits of tobacco and smokin'. It's all lung cancer this and emphysimia that. Blah blah blah. What http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/poll-women-keep-smokin-to-keep-thin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-6123295946965340230Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:35:00 +00002007-10-16T11:59:15.798-05:00Speakin' My MindWell don't this just beat all.Hot off the heels of last month's encouragin' article about YouTube bein' a safe haven fer tobacco companies lookin' to get the word out, we get this from the mamby pambies at the American Cancer Society and their Great American Smokeout video contest.Personally I find it a might disgraceful that them American Cancer folks are buttin' in on the party over at YouTube.http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/iphone-offered-as-prize-by-cancer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-4149029283979292669Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:49:00 +00002007-09-28T14:49:05.244-05:00Check this out from the ABC of Australia.  Apparently tobacco companies are findin' a new home on YouTube.  Good fer them. Pro-smoking 'ads' target youth market on YouTube by youth affairs reporter Michael Turtle Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:48am AEST Over the years, governments have slowly restricted the ways that cigarettes can be marketed - so perhaps http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/pro-smoking-ads-on-youtube.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-9218394032205845590Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:24:00 +00002007-09-10T22:27:30.190-05:00Stumbled across this over at YouTube. Remember when we had the post Danny Thomas a couple months back. Well here's another smarty paints video on legendary action star Steve McQueen.http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/stupid-tragic-ironies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-3298031146513667141Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:37:00 +00002007-08-03T09:54:06.211-05:00FDA regulatin'Speakin' My MindCaught this on the boob tube the other night and now its up on the Internet. Just disgraceful the amount of stuff that's on line nowadays.The information in this video is about what's in a cigarette. It's trade secrets folks and ya shouldn't be watchin' it. I'm postin' it here just to highlight how out of control health types are by exposin' the time held traditions of my industry.So don't watch http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/trade-secrets-dont-watch-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-1762438749011706469Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:41:00 +00002007-07-26T12:10:45.963-05:00flavored cigaretteshealth benefits of smokin'Speakin' My Mindunfiltered newsLemme tell y'all somethin'.Dinsey ain't nothin' but a bunch of yellow-bellied cowards. How dare they smite the artistic creativity of creative types by not allowin' smokin' in their kiddie cartoons!?! This is just a complete outrage. And lemme tell y'all somethin' else, I ain't takin' this lyin' down.In case y'all hadn't heard, the House of Mouse made the big announcement that smokin' will be http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/i-hate-disney-and-answer-to-smokin-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-6923963171848140892Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:38:00 +00002007-07-15T12:22:26.185-05:00Speakin' My Mindtobacco taxesIn a stunnin' development a bipartisan (that means both Republicans and Democrats) bunch of kooks in Washington, called fer more crime, specifically gang activity and increased attacks on truckers throughout the United States!!!When will this madness end!?! Ya see, accordin' to the New York Times, theses government lunatics are callin' fer higher tobacco taxes. And I've been doin' some research http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/tobacco-taxes-kill-people-bipartisan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-5562228909000839499Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:54:00 +00002007-07-09T10:24:34.941-05:00Tobacco AdsBack in the good old days mom, dad and the youngins could gather round the tele with their frozen TV dinners and settle in fer an evenin' of clean family fun. Clean family fun made possible by the generosity of the good folks at the American Tobacco Company and the like.That was the old openin' fer Make Room Fer Daddy, a highly popular family comedy from the early days of television...when "http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/golden-oldie-make-room-fer-american.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-5553738965998937350Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:37:00 +00002007-07-09T12:00:57.005-05:00flavored cigarettesfun tobacco memosWell if this don't beat all.When I stumbled across this I thought it would be more fun with singin' cigarettes like in them old Lucky Strike ads. But no, some darned health nut is makin' the case that flavored cigarettes...uh...I mean...Signature Blends ain't good fer kids.What a bunch of hooey! I mean what kid would ever find a chocolate, mint or rooty tooty fruity apple flavored cigarette http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/musical-tribute-to-flavored-cigarettes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-4703846775811247893Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:22:00 +00002007-06-26T13:50:10.765-05:00FDA regulatin'flavored cigarettesunfiltered newsYee haw everybody!Well chalk one up fer the good 'ol boys. We finally won one in New York. And believe you me, that state is so kooky and "health conscience" when it comes to tobacco that this is no small feat.Thanks to the stallin' efforts of the New York State Senate a proposed ban on flavored failed to pass this year in the Empire State. Now, the good folks at Camel can continue to sell rooty http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/candy-flavored-smokes-saved-by-bell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-1603456345037245037Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:32:00 +00002007-06-19T15:52:20.525-05:00fun tobacco memostobacco taxesCamel Cigarettes are mobilizin' smokers across these United States.Take a look at this "Camel Confidential" email alert that just hit the inbox of a friend of the Big Tobacco Blog. Apparently some movement is afoot to add a 61 cent tax per pack to all cigarettes.Of course this is completely unacceptable. We in the tobacco industry are very concerned about the unfair taxation of smokers. Oh and ithttp://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/hot-off-inbox-camel-mobilizes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-8036505721472660512Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:34:00 +00002007-06-18T22:50:57.836-05:00FDA regulatin'health benefits of smokin'Speakin' My MindTobacco AdsY'all know somethin'.It just makes me ill to see how the good folks at Camel are havin' their name dragged through the mud right know about them flavored cigarettes ....uh... I mean.... Signature Blends. Accusations are a flyin', states are talkin' about bannin' certain types of smokes and the Feds in Washington might start regulatin' us.Just terrible and so completely unnecessary.Fer example, http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/silly-ol-camel-cigs-are-for-docs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-1538543295325307562Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:18:00 +00002007-06-15T13:06:36.226-05:00flavored cigarettesSpeakin' My Mindunfiltered newsThe country's first ever ban on flavored cigarettes includin' Camel Signature Blends is on the verge of bein' passed in - where else - New York State.The story is makin' the rounds and appears on the Capital Confidential Blog which is run by one of them newspaper fellers up there. Word is a ban could come next week.For shame New York! Now how are the 6% of regular smokers who've tried flavored http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/flavored-cigs-goingoin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-764139561893764790Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:04:00 +00002007-06-12T13:51:57.799-05:00FDA regulatin'flavored cigarettesfun tobacco memosOh boy. Another RJ Reynolds memo has surfaced on flavored cigarettes, and this one ain't pretty either.The latest is from a 1980's market research study on infusin' tastes like chocolate and lemon into cigarettes. Reynolds tested the idea of flavors out on both male and female smokers and it went over like somethin' that came out the south side of Joe Camel.This is from page 36 of an 111 page http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/rjr-research-flavored-cigs-look-like.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-7977109855103588789Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:24:00 +00002007-06-05T14:22:05.108-05:00FDA regulatin'flavored cigarettesfun tobacco memosSo this whole flavored cigarette thing just don't seem like it's goin' away any time soon. Apparently states like New York (of course) are workin' on passin' laws to ban 'em fer good. And there's all sorts of talk about FDA regulation.Guess some folks just didn't take kindly to Camel re-introducin' flavor...uh...blended cigarettes so soon after pullin' 'em off the shelves. Oh well. Win some loosehttp://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/silly-ol-camel-cigarettes-are-fer-kids.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-4573162926919391249Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:34:00 +00002007-06-01T22:41:38.092-05:00Tobacco AdsWe found another great Kent ad floatin' around the internet.If y'all have kids might I suggest teachin' 'em this song as a fun singalong fer a rainy day.Oh wait a second. I'm sorry. What am I thinkin'? There's no way any ads from big tobacco would appeal to kids. Especially not this one with the cute catchy lyrics and cartoons. Lost my head fer a second there. Enjoy!http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/grab-kids-its-another-classic-singalong.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-2094432980576178424Wed, 30 May 2007 19:58:00 +00002007-05-30T15:14:35.478-05:00health benefits of smokin'unfiltered newsCame across this golden oldie from the legendary head of R&D at Philip Morris (now Altria fer those of y'all keepin' score at home), Dr. Helmut Wakeham.We need more fellers like this who ain't afraid to tell it like it is.Here Wakeham says that if cigarettes were harmful Philip Morris would quit the business of sellin' cigarettes (a silly thing to promise but it placates them health types I http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/altria-istic-and-moralistic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-6116894819988167987Fri, 25 May 2007 14:20:00 +00002007-05-25T09:49:36.006-05:00FDA regulatin'health benefits of smokin'unfiltered newsYa might have heard there's a bunch of hub bub about whether or not the Feds at the FDA should be regulatin' tobacco companies.Apparently -surprise surprise - them Free Tobacco fer Kids Campaign fellers are pushin' this nonsense. Of course other mamby pamby health types are in the mix too. They've got a bunch of newspapers callin' fer federal regulations as well here here here and here.Shameful. http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/fda-fdschmaysmokin-is-good-fer-pregnant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-130847708556070347Fri, 25 May 2007 13:52:00 +00002007-05-25T09:19:31.629-05:00flavored cigarettesunfiltered newsLotsa coverage on the Internet about the new Camel Signature line of smokes.First you have Reynolds finding a sympathetic ear in the Winston Salem Journal. Headline is RJR wants a retraction from them anti-smokin' fellers. Good luck Joe. I'm still waitin' fer 'em to respond to my challenge regardin' the false advertisin' in their name.You've also got the advertisin' media coverin' the story. http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/still-more-fun-with-flavorsuhblends-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-4246363054892629169Wed, 23 May 2007 15:58:00 +00002007-05-23T13:41:12.400-05:00flavored cigarettesunfiltered newsWell things are gettin' a might touchy on them flavored...uh...blended cigarettes. First of all, ya got them sidewinders at the Campaign Fer Tobacco Free Kids complainin' in a press release.Incidentally, I don't get the name of the Campaign Fer Tobacco Free Kids. I looked all over their website and I never once found nothin' promotin' free tobacco fer kids. Look fellers if ya put up a petition http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/more-fun-with-flavorsuhblends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-4291811778548267538Mon, 21 May 2007 16:23:00 +00002007-05-23T13:41:51.319-05:00flavored cigarettesnew cigarettesunfiltered newsYee Haw SaluteLadies and gentlemen, we have another Yee Haw Salute winner!Remember last year when Reynolds Tobacco "voluntarily" agreed to take flavored cigarettes off the market? Politicians, health officials, youth advocates, and asthmatics everywhere all celebrated this historic agreement. Well you health types didn't figure on one key loophole in Reynold's pledge to remove flavored cigarettes from store http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/yee-haw-salute-reynolds-shirks-ag-deal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124332779620591334.post-8093694929381586936Thu, 17 May 2007 18:58:00 +00002007-05-17T14:24:28.435-05:00Tobacco AdsHowdy folks,Been on the road more than a possum who meet the business end of steamroller lately and just ain't had time to update the Big Tobacco Blog. Suffice to say it was secret business involvin' me and my ol' buddies at Liardare - home of the smooth refreshin' Carolina 100. I'd tell y'all more but I y'all know some things just have to be hush hush.This story caught my eye out of the UK. http://bigtobaccoblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/anti-smokin-ads-get-hook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rufus T. Baccey)0