Bailey: As a nurse, I was aghast to hear that Western Michigan University has named Philip Morris USA its 2003-04 Employer of the Year. As a researcher who is funded by the National Cancer Institute to conduct studies focused on the tobacco industry and its activities, I know that this type of award figures prominently in Philip Morris/Altrias extreme makeover campaign, an effort begun over a decade ago to improve corporate image while continuing to profit from products that addict and kill more than 440,000 Americans yearly
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Even if these numbers are off by a factor of 2 or 3, tobacco taxation appears to be on par with the most effective interventions identified by GiveWell and Giving What We Can
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These products are meant as a harm-reduction tool for people that are already nicotine dependent, but on a much more harmful option than what electronic cigarettes are, Vega added
