| When it comes to tobacco companies in the United | | | | Public relations for tobacco companies is extremely |
| States of America we all know what they have been | | | | important and that's why they hire the very best |
| through with class-action lawsuits and we watch as | | | | public-relations firms and specialist dealing in the |
| much of the tobacco industry in the United States has | | | | industry. Lately the tobacco companies have done a |
| been destroyed by lawyers. Of course some people | | | | lot of community goodwill and can actually helped get |
| who were heavy smokers are very upset about | | | | younger people to not smoke. |
| tobacco companies and the nicotine that has been put | | | | Some might think this is against their future profits |
| in the cigarettes to keep them from going out and | | | | however, the tobacco companies realize that fewer |
| enabling them to stay lit. | | | | people in the United States are smoking and that there |
| Most people may not realize that the tobacco industry | | | | are 1.3 billion people in China who do not have a |
| in the United States helped get the country going and | | | | problem with smoking. |
| without it we may not have had enough to trade with | | | | It is a much bigger market than the United States ever |
| the rest the world in order to make our nation | | | | was. Perhaps this is a good case study when |
| economically viable. It is unfortunate that sometimes | | | | discussing public-relations issues in large older industries |
| we do not realize these things or address the real | | | | and how to keep them from going up in smoke. |
| issues. | | | | Consider this in 2006. |