Reavey said one of his goals for the presentation, titled «SURVIVAL IS VICTORY: LESSONS FROM
THE TOBACCO WARS,» was to encourage the industry to move past debating climate change and talk to critics of the industry about addressing greenhouse gas emissions and energy use.
And the tactics they are applying are largely the same as those they used in
the tobacco wars.
And as in
the tobacco wars, the fight over clean energy is likely to be a dirty one.»
A few years back, Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway saw a troubling similarity between
the tobacco war of the 80s and 90s and the current climate change fight.
It has its roots in history, notably
the tobacco wars.