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To: Les H who wrote (168122)	5/24/2002 4:01:46 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

The good corporate citizen medal belongs to ... Anger after firm suggests dead smokers help economy A cigarette manufacturer has been lambasted for suggesting tobacco can save an economy millions on health care - because smokers die early. Philip Morris argued that savings in health care and pension costs far outweighed the cost of looking after sick smokers. Anti-smoking groups have condemned the stance, which came in a report from the company to the Czech Republic, where Philip Morris makes the Marlboro brand and controls 80% of the market. The report suggested to the Czech government that it was saving about £100 million a year in health care and pension costs because people who smoke die early. Michelle Di Leo, a spokeswoman for the British Lung Foundation, said: "What will Philip Morris argue next, that we should put people down at 50 because it would save us all a lot of money on health care?"