{"id":21178,"date":"2002-01-10T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T07:30:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T07:30:21","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T07:30:21","slug":"philip_morris_fights_back_finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2002\/01\/10\/philip_morris_fights_back_finally\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Morris Fights Back &#8211; Finally!"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p><BR\/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/phimo.Par.0002.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"184\" height=\"264\" class=\"alignleft\"\/> The nation\u2019s largest cigarette manufacturer suspect, Philip Morris, is finally fighting back. Instead of bending over forward, grabbing the ankles and saying, &#8220;Okay, who do I pay next?&#8221; the company is criticizing these state governments for failing to use tobacco settlement money to curb youth smoking. Predictably, on Thursday, the Associated Press reported that health advocates accuse Philip Morris of being disingenuous. <\/line><BR\/>But they\u2019re not! We\u2019ve provided the details of this story on my program for months. You know it, I know it, and everyone else out there knows it &#8211; the purpose of the tobacco settlement money had nothing to do with smoking. It was about enriching a few people and state governments. They simply tugged at your heartstrings with this children\u2019s health rigmarole in order to get you to go along.<\/line><BR\/>They\u2019ve had all this money come in from tobacco lawsuits, and yet we\u2019ve shown you state by state where that money is being spent, and it\u2019s not on any education program designed to reduce teen smoking. They said youth education and the defrayal of health care expenses was their primary reason for wanting the money, but yet they\u2019re not putting their money where their mouth is, and Philip Morris is finally calling them on it.<\/line><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nation\u2019s largest cigarette manufacturer suspect, Philip Morris, is finally fighting back. Instead of bending over forward, grabbing the ankles and saying, &#8220;Okay, who do I pay next?&#8221; the company is criticizing these state governments for failing to use tobacco settlement money to curb youth smoking. 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