[Licensed-to-Kill] New VA Tobacco Company, Licensed to Kill Inc, Aims to Kill 4.9M Annually

[Licensed to Kill, Inc]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2003
Contact: Corrie Prutspin, tobacco@licensedtokill.biz

ALTRIA GROUP GETS NEW RIVAL

New Tobacco Company, Licensed to Kill, Inc, Incorporated in the State of
Virginia;
Aims to Kill Over 400,000 Americans and 4.5 Million Other People
Worldwide Annually

Richmond, VA - Today, Licensed to Kill, Inc, the world's newest
multinational tobacco company, publicly announced its incorporation with
the launch of the company's website: www.licensedtokill.biz.

Licensed to Kill, Inc, was officially incorporated in the state of
Virginia on March 19, 2003. The company's purpose, as stated in its
articles of incorporation, is "the manufacture and marketing of tobacco
products in a way that each year kills over 400,000 Americans and 4.5
million other persons worldwide."

"Licensed to Kill, Inc is pretty much like any other tobacco company. We
kill to make a profit," said LtK CEO Rich Fromdeth "The main difference
is that we're very upfront about our purpose, and this is reflected in
our name."

"The name "Licensed to Kill" derives from the Latin words 'licere' and
'caedere', meaning 'permission to kill'," says Corrie Prutspin, Senior
VP of Corporate Communications, "The name connotes an enterprise that is
fully authorized by the state to aim for peak performance and constant
improvement in killing for profit."

The new company is banking on its brutal honesty to spare itself from
the multitude of lawsuits currently plaguing other companies within the
industry. Many of these lawsuits have centered on the tobacco industry's
long history of lies and deception about the deadly nature of the
business.

"We would like to especially thank the Commonwealth of Virginia's State
Corporation Commission for granting us permission to exist," says
company Director Gray Vastone, "If a person was to ask the state for
authorization to go on a serial killing rampage, he would surely be
locked up in jail or a mental institution. Luckily, such moral standards
do not apply to corporations."

Licensed to Kill's initial line of cigarettes includes: Global Massacre,
Serial Killer, Genocide, and WOMD, with plans to add Throat Hole, Chemo,
Grim Reaper, and Morgue shortly. The company's official motto is: "We're
rich, you're dead!"

View a certified copy of Licensed to Kill, Inc's articles of
incorporation at: www.licensedtokill.biz/articles.pdf

For additional information about Licensed to Kill, Inc, visit our
website at:www.licensedtokill.biz

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