BT may not be the only one with stinky mitts in this.
The Master Settlement Agreement payments to the states (and Puerto Rico), are based on the volume of cigarettes sold.
So, if people have to smoke more, to get their fix:
BT profits
The states profit (more taxes collected and higher MSA payments)
The Feds profit (more taxes collected)
A nice little financial circle jerk
Afterwards, this conglomeration of weasels can pound their chests and tell the world
‘For the children!!’
This is why the “Low Nic” cigarettes are a cash grab, less satisfaction means they’ll be making more off of smokers. People won’t realize it because I bet there’ll be slight savings at the til, but profit margins will still be way way way in the green and taxes won’t be lower for lower nicotine cigarettes.
So many states took loans on future tobacco taxes. So many cant make the repayments because so many vape now. So kill the industry and recoup taxes. Its real simple
This country is founded by Eugenists, I’m sure the money is good, it’ll always be there, but they want to distribute wealth and control the population.
Firm believer in that.
The founder of the Pharmacy industry created a drug using petroleum products, when people were developing cancer, he started up the cancer society in the US.
Gates’ family has ties with these people and Jumior’s Dad was their Lawyer.
And that isn’t conspiracy, that’s a history of corruption