Este titlul unui film de referinta pentru ceea ce inseamna industria lobby-ului si felul in care s-a construit si perpetuat minciuna in privinta Big Tobacco.

Iata cateva citate din film:

“Teen smoking, our bread and butter, is falling like a shit from heaven! We don’t sell Tic Tacs, we sell cigarettes. And they’re cool, available, and *addictive*. The job is almost done for us.” (BR, Big Tobacco)

“The message Hollywood needs to send out is ‘Smoking Is Cool!” (Nick Naylor, lobbyist pentru Big Tobacco)

“Jeff Megall: Sony has a futuristic sci-fi movie they’re looking to make.

Nick Naylor: Cigarettes in space?

Jeff Megall: It’s the final frontier, Nick.

Nick Naylor: But wouldn’t they blow up in an all oxygen environment?

Jeff Megall: Probably. But it’s an easy fix. One line of dialogue. ‘Thank God we invented the… you know, whatever device.” (Nick Naylor de vorba cu un producator de la Hollywood)

[n.red.: Thank You for Smoking s-a facut in 2005. Patru ani mai tarziu, in Avatar, unde actiunea se petrece in viitor, pe alta planeta, intr-un mediu similar, personajul principal fumeaza. Ce coincidenta!…]

“Nick Naylor: Now what we need is a smoking role model. A real winner.

Jeff Megall: Indiana Jones meets Jerry Maguire.

Nick Naylor: Right, on two packs a day.”

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