Sentences with phrase «tobacco companies while»

Other scientists discredited Seitz by revealing he was on the payroll of tobacco companies while arguing against the carcinogenic effects of second - hand smoke.

, for owning shares in tobacco companies while voting to do their bidding in Congress and for getting a «sweetheart deal» on biotech stock.

Franken also took on Representative Tom Price, Trump's nominee for the Department of Health and Human Services, for owning shares in tobacco companies while voting to do their bidding in Congress and for getting a «sweetheart deal» on biotech stock.

Not exact matches

«While the tobacco companies can get into the vaping business, their own vape pens tend to be money losers,» Cramer explained.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff called for social media to be regulated like the tobacco industry on Tuesday, while British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday called for tech companies to do more to protect users, saying they can not «stand by while their platforms are used to facilitate child abuse, modern slavery, or the spreading of terrorist and extremist content.»

And while they certainly aren't the essentials of life, tobacco companies like Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds, as well as beer companies like Anheuser - Busch and Coors, are also non-cyclical.

Evidence uncovered in the recent tobacco litigation demonstrates that the tobacco companies deliberately deceived the public into believing that their products were safe and non-addictive while conspiring to keep the industry's knowledge to the contrary secret, manipulated the nicotine delivery of their products to better addict consumers, and targeted children in their advertising campaigns.

And crucially, while drinking at a bar with Harry Crane, he finds that he has been out of the loop on the big - tobacco scheme being plotted by Jim Cutler and Lou — a Machiavellian stratagem intended not only to land a big account, but also to push Don out of SC&P, since Don's past antics have made him toxic to tobacco companies.

While ALEC has a governing board of state legislators it also has a governing board of corporations, packed with tobacco firms, giant pharmaceutical firms, and energy companies like Exxon Mobil.

The cases make the claim that the «Global Climate Coalition» was a front group operating in tobacco industry - like fashion with the fossil fuel company defendants to misinform the public while supposedly knowing their «contrarian» views were unfounded.

Insertion shown in [brackets] «[Workshop participant Stanton] Glantz did note a fundamental difference between tobacco and climate change, however: while tobacco companies offer no useful product, he explained, «The fact is we do need some form of energy.

«Smoking and car use have comparable health costs, yet while we have the strictest tobacco promotion laws in the world, we allow car companies to promote themselves unbridled.»

It has been long known (by tobacco companies and scientists) that strong cigarette addiction is most often created during the teenage years while brains are developing quickly.

While the regulatory clampdown scheduled for 2016 is intended to better protect consumers, campaigners have identified an additional, more invidious, impact of e-cigarette marketing and the role of «big tobacco» companies within that market.

The Campaign for Tobacco - Free Kids and other public health groups recently urged the Justice Department to recuse any lawyers who represented tobacco companies from any tobacco - related litigation while serving in the government, specifically mentioning Mr. Readler and Noel Francisco, the nominee for Solicitor General, who long represented R.J. Reynolds in tobacco litigation while at Jones Day.

Some companies treat it casually; some give it the requisite weight, while others classify it in the same category as that of regular tobacco smokers.

While it is true that the usage of virtually all tobacco products may affect the rates for life insurance, many reputable companies do not just throw blanket high premium rates on all people known to be using tobacco products.

For example, while every company classifies a regular cigarette smoker as a «tobacco user,» some companies may make exceptions for people who only smoke the occasional cigar or two and offer nonsmoker prices, which will often cut your price nearly in half.

While every life insurance company treats tobacco slightly different, a few stand out from the crowd because of their extremely liberal underwriting.

For example, some carriers would classify recreational marijuana use as «tobacco use» and would only offer tobacco ratings to the applicant, while another company may offer preferred non-tobacco rates as long as the use is minimal.

While claiming the sum assured, will the company pass the claim or they will reject it citing the insurer died because of tobacco and its mentioned in the policy as a non-tobacco user.

In the renovated shells of warehouses and factories built when tobacco was king in North Carolina, Durham has fashioned a chic downtown that salutes its history while welcoming a new generation of companies and urban residents.