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LETTERS, Page 8Smoke in the East
I was enraged to read that U.S. cigarette manufacturers are
campaigning to win wider markets for their products in Asia
(BUSINESS, Oct. 2). To them profits are more important than human
health. For the tobacco industry to assume that it can do abroad
what it can't do at home (shameless marketing aimed at the young,
for example) is blatant arrogance.
Scott Zona
Upland, Calif.
Exporting cigarettes is good business for America; there is no
reason we should be prohibited from doing so. Asians have been
smoking for decades; we are only offering variety in their habit.
If the Asians made tobacco smoking illegal, that would be a
different situation. But as long as it is legal, the decision is
up to the smokers. The Asians are just afraid of American supremacy
in the tobacco industries.
Pat Monohan
Florence, Ky.
The U.S. tobacco companies have engaged in an aggressive
marketing and advertising campaign in Far East countries, leaving
millions of Asians with the impression that America as a country
doesn't care. Many Asians are only dimly aware of the health
dangers of smoking. The U.S. should stop pressuring foreign
governments to import American cigarettes, and show the world that
we do care.
Patrick Reynolds, President
Foundation for a Smokefree America
Los Angeles