MUNA 1996, Peter Jennings akatungamira chinyorwa cheABC News achiti, 'Nhasi manheru tichakuratidzai kuti makambani efodya ari kuramba achibudirira sei pasinei nekukuvadzwa kunoitwa zvinhu izvi uye pasinei nekumanikidzwa kwakanyanya kuri kuita makambani kubva kumatare edzimhosva nehurumende. mutemo. Iyi iindasitiri yakangwara kwazvo yave kushandura matambudziko kuita mukana kwemakore makumi matatu apfuura. "
Mushure mekunge purofesa wezvehutano hweveruzhinji atungamira achiti, 'Congress, iyo inonyanya kutengwa neindasitiri yefodya, haidi kuita kuponesa makumi emamiriyoni ehupenyu hweAmerica," Jennings akawedzera, "Ichi zvakare chirongwa nezve kukundikana kwevatungamiri vezvehutano munyika. Vakapambadza mukana wokuponesa mamiriyoni oupenyu.”
Jennings akarasikirwa nehupenyu hwake svondo rino nekenza yemapapu kubva mukuputa. Kurwisana kwake nedzimwe nzira kunoratidza kupindwa muropa nefodya kwenyika. Jennings akasvuta kweanenge makore 30 kutanga muma1950 aine makore 13. Akarega kwemakore 20, akazotangazve kusvuta mushure mekurwisa kwemagandanga kwa9/11. Rudzi urwu rwakatanga kunyevera vanhu vekuAmerica nezve njodzi yekusvuta muma1960. Mumakumi mana emakore kubvira ipapo, mwero wokusvuta muUnited States nenzvimbo dzavose uko kusvuta kunobvumirwa wakaderera zvikuru.
Asi iyo indasitiri iri mhenyu uye yakanaka, ichizadza pasi nehurwere nerufu. Pasinei nokuderera kwehafu yezana remakore rapfuura, 22 muzana yevadzidzi vekusekondari yeUnited States vanosvuta. Centers for Disease Control inofanotaura kuti mamiriyoni 6.4 evana vokuUnited States vari kurarama nhasi vachafa nehosha inokonzerwa nokusvuta. Pasi rose, World Health Organization inofanotaura kuti nzufu dzinokonzerwa nokusvuta dzichakura kubva pamamiriyoni mashanu aripo iye zvino pagore kusvika kumamiriyoni 5 pagore panosvika 10. Vanhu vanenge mamiriyoni 2020 vari kurarama nhasi vachafa nokusvuta.
Jennings akacherechedza kuti akatangazve kusvuta nokuti ‘Ndakanga ndisina simba. Akati aizoedza kutangazve basa rake ne‘mazuva akanaka. Mazuva akanaka haana kumbouya. Akakurumidza kusiya nzvimbo yake yekusimbisa nyika umo makore 5.5 miriyoni ehupenyu hunogona kuitika uye mabhiriyoni makumi mapfumbamwe emadhora emadhora anorasika gore rega rega nekuda kwekusvuta uye uko mari yehutano ine chekuita nekuputa inosvika mabhiriyoni makumi manomwe neshanu emadhora, maererano neCDC.
Midzanga inoramba yakasimba nekuti vakuru vakuru vefodya vanobata vanhu vasina kunyara asi misha yefodya munzvimbo dzakati wandei iyo yaifanirwa kuendesa mari mukudzivirira yakakonzerwa nedambudziko rebhajeti. Mwedzi wapera, Altria, kambani yevabereki yaPhilip Morris USA, yakazvikudza yakazivisa kuti mari yekushandisa kubva kumidzanga yakawedzera 4 muzana kusvika pamadhora mabhiriyoni 1.3 kwechikamu chechipiri chegore rino. Chikamu chepasi rose chaPhilip Morris chakawedzera 38 muzana kusvika mabhiriyoni maviri emadhora kwekota. Achitaura nezvekutengeswa kweMarlboro muJapan, Dinny Devitre, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weAltria uye mukuru wezvemari, akati, "kudhonza kwevatengi kwakasimba."
Saizvozvo, Lorillard CEO Marty Orlowsky akazvirumbidza ne11 muzana yekuwedzera kwepurofiti yefodya kwehafu yekutanga yegore rino pamusoro pegore rapfuura. Lorillard anogadzira Newports, fodya inonzi menthol inotengeswa zvakanyanya munyika. Newport yakasimuka kusvika pachikamu chenguva dzese chemusika wepamba. "Lorillard akakunda indasitiri maererano nekutakura kwayo," akadaro Orlowsky.
KuReynolds American, iyo yakawana Brown & Williamson gore rapfuura kuti vabatanidze makambani makuru efodya erudzi rwechipiri nerechitatu, CFO Dianne Neal yakashuma kuwedzera kwe66 muzana kwepurofiti yechikamu chechipiri kubva pamadhora 151 miriyoni panguva imwe cheteyo gore rapfuura kusvika pamadhora mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu nerimwe emadhora. nguva ino. "Takabudirira zvese zvakakosha zvegore rimwe uye zvakakosha, tiri kuenderera mberi nechivimbo muchiono chedu uye mepu yedu yemigwagwa," akadaro.
Fodya yeBritish American, inogadzira Lucky Strike neKent uye ine zvikamu makumi mana nezviviri kubva muzana muReynolds, yakazvikudza nezvikamu makumi matatu nenomwe kubva muzana mupurofiti yekota. Sachigaro weBAT, Jan du Pleiss, akadana purofiti iyi ‘seti yakanaka kwazvo yemigumisiro . . . tawana kukura kwehupenyu. "
'Mamiriro akakosha' uye 'mepu yemumugwagwa' yefodya yeCamel neKool zvikamu zvekuchengetedza zvakakosha uye matombo emakuva evamwe vese. Kukura kwepasi rose kwedu Pleiss inhengo yemariro kuchechi yako. Kudhonza kwevatengi kwakasimba, kudhonza Jennings kubva pamhepo uye mamirioni avanhu kure nevadikani vavo zvachose. Nepo mari dzekudzivirira dziri kupera, mipiro yemishandirapamwe nevagadziri vefodya iri kuramba ichikwira, kusvika pamadhora anoda kusvika 55 miriyoni kubvira 1990.
Jennings akaedza kutiratidza kuti Big Fodya yaive indasitiri yakangwara munyika inorasa mikana yakawanda yekuidzora. Rufu rwake runofanira kutungamira kumepu yedu yemugwagwa kuCapitol Hill, kumanikidza Congress kuti iite kuponesa mamirioni ehupenyu.
Derrick Z. Jackson's e-mail address is jackson@globe
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