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What was once nearly every experimental college student’s pipe dream (pun intended) is on its way to becoming a reality. It seems that Phillip Morris is planning to make marijuana cigarettes and have them distributed though outlets in Colorado where it is legal to sell marijuana for recreational purposes. According to reports, they will do the same in the state of Washington when it becomes legal there later this year.
According to reports
Serafin Norcik, Phillip Morris Sr. Vice President for Marketing said in an interview that the company has been high on the idea of marketing cannabis, and has been monitoring the market for some time. It was only when the recent legalization initiatives winning in Colorado and Washington that they finally made the decision to take a leap of faith.
Norcik added that they have begun contacting former drug lords in Mexico and Paraguay, currently the largest marijuana producing countries in the world, for the possibility of setting up a distribution ring across the North and South American continents, to streamline the supply lines.
Since only cigarettes are currently banned in advertisements and promotions in the United States, Phillip Morris also has set aside a huge $15 billion advertising budget just to promote the new Marlboro M and are now negotiating with major networks and publishers, to start marketing the product to consumers in the beginning of 2015.
Norcik also revealed that a big initial push is planned around January next year, and have acquired most of the ad airtime for Superbowl XLIX. However, since marijuana will be legal only in Colorado and Washington during the 2015 Superbowl, all the ads will be blacked out in all other States and will only show a static M logo for the duration of the ad.
Phillip Morris shares hit an all time high on the marijuana news and shot up to $998.00 from $83.03 just a few hours after the announcement went public.
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Marlboro man dead: star of iconic cigarette ads eric lawson dies from chronic lung disease – mirror online
Actor Eric Lawson has become the third Marlboro Man cowboy to die of a smoking illness, it was revealed today.
Lawson, 72, had played the rugged puffing character in the cigarette adverts for three years in the late 1970s.
Dozens of real life cowboys, rodeo riders and actors have played the Marlboro Man in various guises from massive billboards signs, TV adverts and even on the back playing cards.
Two of them, David Millar died of emphysema in 1987, and David McLean, said to have had to smoke five packs a day to give him that rugged look,passed away from lung cancer in 1995.
Wayne McLaren died from lung cancer aged 51 in 1992 after he had appeared in promotional pictures for Marlboro and had sued manufacturers Philip Morris.
The cowboy look was first brought in 1954 to give the filter cigarettes a more manly look.
Latest victim Lawson suffered chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which has been linked to smoking, as well as other ailments.
Lawson, who smoked from the age of 14, died at his home in California s San Luis Obispo, according to his wife Susan.
As well as the Marlboro adverts, Lawson also appeared in hit US tv shows Baretta, and the Streets of San Francisco. He is also had roles in Charlie s Angels, Dynasty and Baywatch until his acting career ended in 1997 due to a film set injury.
But Lawson later appeared anti smoking commercials, using the Marlboro man look as a parody.
