[Intl-tobacco] Teens take on "Licensed to Kill, Inc" and Altria Group! (April 23-24)

[Robert Weissman]

From: Anna White <awhite@essential.org>
Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 19:38:12 -0400


Dear Friends,

Two years ago, three U.S. GPTC members traveled to Richmond, VA to hold
Philip Morris accountable for marketing killer products around the
world.  A year later, 25 U.S. GPTC members were on hand to "greet"
attendees of the company's annual meeting of shareholders.  We are
pleased to report that this year, OVER 200 PEOPLE CONVERGED ON THE
ALTRIA GROUP MEETING to send a strong message that a new name will never
be able to hide the company's global shame!

The vast majority of those who came were teenagers involved in youth
advocacy programs in DC, NH, NM, NY, WI, and WV. Their enthusiasm,
creativity, and passion for exposing the truth about the tobacco
industry should be an inspiration to us all!

AP photo of WI FACT teens: Philip Morris - Making Killer of a Profit
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/APWayne%20Scarber
ry.jpg

AP photo of the Licensed to Kill cigarette pack, with the monument to
Marlboro in the background
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/APWayneScarberry2
.jpg

Stay tuned for more juicy details about our Richmond experience last
week, including teens' hard-hitting words of truth to chief Merchant of
Death Louis Camilleri! In the meantime, here are a sampling of photos
from the events. Enjoy :)

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April 23: RALLY TO DENOUNCE INCORPORATION OF LICENSED TO KILL, INC
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Licensed to Kill pack in front of Virginia State Capitol
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/ea019.jpg

Revoke the License to Kill - human billboard in front of Capitol
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/ea013.jpg

Corrie Prutspin, Senior VP of Corporate Communications for Licensed to
Kill, Inc
explains the company's definition of democracy, as symbolized in the
corporate U.S. flag
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/rc049.jpg

FACT: You Will Not Addict Me!...People Over Profits!...Altria = Philip
Morris = Death
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/smi003.jpg

Global Massacre cigarettes
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/rc_064.jpg

CHAIN cigarettes... delicious chocolate flavor...the finest Virginia
tobacco
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/rc079.jpg

Terra Gearhart of NM holds a "pack" of Serial Killer cigarettes
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/rc313.jpg

A moment of silence for the 4.9 million people Licensed to Kill plans to
kill each year (and that the tobacco industry actually kills each year)
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/rc055.jpg

People Over Profits!
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/rc077.jpg

Stop targeting teens!
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/ea049.jpg

250 children alive today will die from tobacco (if we don't take
action!)
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/ea100.jpg

Teens rap in front of "Licensed to Kill" pack
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/rc219.jpg

Stop Corporate homicide!
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/rc122.jpg

Teens speak out against Big Tobacco
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/rc310.jpg

Teens, signs, & pack
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/rc184.jpg

It's time for tobacco companies to be laid to rest...
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/ea036.jpg
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/rc304.jpg

View more photos at:
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/LtK030423/


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April 24: ALTRIA - A NEW NAME CAN'T HIDE YOUR GLOBAL SHAME!
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Philip Morris's monument to its brands
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/ea052.jpg

Essential Action's Licensed to Kill prop
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/ea095.jpg

FACT (Fighting Against Corporate Tobacco) teens from Wisconsin turned
themselves into a long human billboard
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/smi001.jpg

Teens line up to "greet" Altria shareholders
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/ea068.jpg

An Altria shareholder "greets" the teens back
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/rc_015.jpg

FACT teens present a fact about Big Tobacco
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/smi002.jpg

Altria: We Charge you with Genocide
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/ea058.jpg

Crimes against humanity; Cigarettes = Weapons of Mass Destruction
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/ea064.jpg

People over profits!
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/rc071.jpg

Big Tobacco is Addicted to Profit
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/ea065.jpg

Teens get interviewed by media about Big Tobacco
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/ea073.jpg

Fighting Against Corporate Tobacco (Altria = Same Crap, Different Pile)
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/ea076.jpg

Let's blow the horn on corporate tobacco...
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/ea077.jpg

Revoke the License to Kill
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/rc170.jpg

View more photos at:
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/altria030424/

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