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I Am A Smoker and Have Been for 45 Years, This Has Been My Choice and Addiction.
Abstract
this handwritten letter to "Doral and Co. Marketing Department" (R.J. Reynolds), a disabled smoker suffering from emphysema and heart disease pleads with the company to make their cigarettes shorter, put more in a pack and sell them for the same price, saying this would be "a great service" for those who can no longer smoke a whole cigarette. The writer also claims shorter cigarettes would make it easier to get "a quick fix," be "healthier for those who are ill," and could serve as a quitting aid. The beleaguered smoker writes, "I have heart disease and emphysema. I am on a fixed income of social security disability, I should quit smoking, but as many others we are addicted. I find many cigarettes just burn away. There are many times when I take only a puff or two at a time, and to relight a cigarette is very foul tasting, so it is thrown away... [Making shorter cigarettes] would be a great service to those on a fixed income, and I am sure there are many. But also this would give 'the quick fix' that so many of us need. Also this would be healthier for those who are ill by not filling our lungs completely with smoke and chemicals."
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I am a smoker and have been for 45 years, this has been my choice and addiction. I will get to the point and then an explanation.
Why not make a short cigarette, one that will allow half the amount of puffs as the normal length. The packs could contain more cigarettes at the same price.
My rationale for this is, I have heart disease and emphysema. I am on a fixed income of social security disability, I should quit smoking, but as many others we are addicted.
I find many cigarettes just burn away. There are many times when I take only a puff or two at a time, and to relight a cigarette is very foul tasting, so it is thrown away. I have talked to others who feel the same way, some even cut cigarettes in half before they smoke them.
This would be a great service to those on a fixed income, and I am sure there are many. But also this would give "the quick fix" that so many of us need. Also this would be healthier for those who are ill by not filling our lungs completely with smoke and chemicals.
Cigarette companies admit their part in the addiction of others, but have not found a way to reverse this, that is completely successful. I believe cigarette companies are obligated to assist the smokers to either "cut down" or "kick the habit."
When I started to smoke in the 50's, I did not make an informed choice. My choice was made by advertisements and by pressure that it was the thing to do, and by the belif that no company would provide a product that was not considered safe.
JoAnn V. Sosnowski
- Company
- R.J. Reynolds
- Author
- Sosnowski, J.V.
- Recipient
- Doral & Co Marketing Department (R.J. Reynolds)
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