Tobacco Company CEO on Cigarette Bans

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Isn’t it a bit ironic to hear the chief executive of a tobacco company speaking against the very product that they sell? Philip Morris International CEO Jacek Olczak has said that cigarettes should be banned and that he can see his company ending decades of selling cigarettes.

Read the article about Olczak’s statements on cigarette bans and smoke-free world.

https://www.businessinsider.com/philip-morris-international-ceo-said-cigarettes-should-be-banned-2021-7

Discussion Questions:

  1. What can you say about Olczak’s statements against cigarettes, given that he is the CEO of a tobacco company?
  2. “We can see the world without cigarettes”. Do you think this is possible or not? Why?
  3. Imagine a world where cigarettes were obsolete. What would it be like?
  4. What do you think about Philip Morris International’s plans to buy Vectura Group, a pharmaceutical company that manufactures asthma inhalers?
  5. What are your thoughts on some tobacco companies of trying to position themselves as anti-smoking while still selling tobacco products?
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