Mitt Romney's Bain Made Millions On Big Tobacco In U.S., Russia

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By Jason Cherkis and Zach Carter

WASHINGTON -- As the Soviet Union splintered in the early-1990s, Sushovan Ghosh packed his colleagues into a van and chugged across the collapsing nation, hitting depressed towns and famished cities, busted up factories and lonely kiosks. In each ragged destination, they stopped long enough to interview cigarette smokers.

Ghosh plied the citizenry with free cigarettes and, sometimes, McDonald’s hamburgers.

They were pursuing a lucrative target: determining what Russian smokers wanted out of a cigarette -- specifically, a Western cigarette. "We had to develop a brand the Russians would smoke," Ghosh explained to The Huffington Post. For one study, they interviewed more than 1,000 smokers. "We stopped the bus and offered them cigarettes. And they all queued."

Ghosh’s work for cigarette companies was chaotic, unbridled and, ultimately, deadly. To Mitt Romney and his colleagues at Bain & Co., it was a chance to rake in money. Ghosh said he reported directly to Romney, who was excited about the Russian market. "He was my boss," Ghosh said.

Much More (interesting read): Mitt Romney's Bain Made Millions On Big Tobacco In U.S., Russia
 
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Sooo what???? AlGore made millions off of tobacco.. AND?? It's a cash crop that people are allowed to grow in this country.. If you don't like that, well that's just too bad.
 
Russian teens could not avoid the cigarette industry if they tried. In Russia, tobacco companies manufacture certain cigarette brands to look like candy. Some offer peach and bubblegum flavors. "They are everywhere," explained Maria Skatova, press secretary of the Russian Coalition for Tobacco Control.

Cigarette ads appear in glossy magazines, in movie theaters. Cigarette brands are advertised on backpacks. Companies run sales promotions -- for example, if you buy three packs, you could win an iPad."I noticed a Marlboro ad in a hospital for children," Skatova said.

From the OP link.
 
Russian teens could not avoid the cigarette industry if they tried. In Russia, tobacco companies manufacture certain cigarette brands to look like candy. Some offer peach and bubblegum flavors. "They are everywhere," explained Maria Skatova, press secretary of the Russian Coalition for Tobacco Control.

Cigarette ads appear in glossy magazines, in movie theaters. Cigarette brands are advertised on backpacks. Companies run sales promotions -- for example, if you buy three packs, you could win an iPad."I noticed a Marlboro ad in a hospital for children," Skatova said.

From the OP link.

LMFAO!!! Bwhahahaha Russian teens read.. THERE'S A NEWS STORY!! Crucify Romney.. HURRY.. Russians can read!!
 
By Jason Cherkis and Zach Carter

WASHINGTON -- As the Soviet Union splintered in the early-1990s, Sushovan Ghosh packed his colleagues into a van and chugged across the collapsing nation, hitting depressed towns and famished cities, busted up factories and lonely kiosks. In each ragged destination, they stopped long enough to interview cigarette smokers.

Ghosh plied the citizenry with free cigarettes and, sometimes, McDonald’s hamburgers.

They were pursuing a lucrative target: determining what Russian smokers wanted out of a cigarette -- specifically, a Western cigarette. "We had to develop a brand the Russians would smoke," Ghosh explained to The Huffington Post. For one study, they interviewed more than 1,000 smokers. "We stopped the bus and offered them cigarettes. And they all queued."

Ghosh’s work for cigarette companies was chaotic, unbridled and, ultimately, deadly. To Mitt Romney and his colleagues at Bain & Co., it was a chance to rake in money. Ghosh said he reported directly to Romney, who was excited about the Russian market. "He was my boss," Ghosh said.

Much More (interesting read): Mitt Romney's Bain Made Millions On Big Tobacco In U.S., Russia
Another huff po post but ok.. Hey just like the USA , Russia could BAND this by passing laws like they did here in the USA.. It is not ROMNEY fault that RUSSIA doesnt have these laws. Nice try though
It is not like Romney was driving the bus and was holding a gun to the person handing out the cigs..
 
Sooo what???? AlGore made millions off of tobacco.. AND?? It's a cash crop that people are allowed to grow in this country.. If you don't like that, well that's just too bad.

Yup. Business is in business to make money. Nothing illegal in selling tobacco. It sells great overseas and in the US.

Gore made a boatlaod on his Global Warming bullshit. Perhaps he should be in jail??
 
Sooo what???? AlGore made millions off of tobacco.. AND?? It's a cash crop that people are allowed to grow in this country.. If you don't like that, well that's just too bad.

Yup. Business is in business to make money. Nothing illegal in selling tobacco. It sells great overseas and in the US.

Gore made a boatlaod on his Global Warming bullshit. Perhaps he should be in jail??

You see it is only bad in the libs eyes if a REP does it.. If a lib does it . Then their standard answer is . No big deal..
 
holy smokes, is this suppose to get our panties in a bunch?

Ole Hufferpost scrapping the bottem of the barrel, AGAIN
 

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