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Senators Durbin, Lautenberg, Harkin Call Tobacco CEO Comments: ‘Reckless and Scientifically Inaccurate’

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011.  U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) today set the record straight on the addictive nature of cigarettes after hearing a statement by the CEO of Philip Morris International, Louis Camilleri, claiming that while smoking cigarettes is addictive, “it is not that hard to quit.” In reality, a 2010 Surgeon General’s report indicates that in recent years tobacco companies have altered cigarettes to make them more…

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