{"id":19249,"date":"2021-08-03T12:34:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T10:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=19249"},"modified":"2021-08-03T13:55:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T11:55:09","slug":"tobacco-company-ceo-on-cigarette-bans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/08\/tobacco-company-ceo-on-cigarette-bans\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobacco Company CEO on Cigarette Bans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article about Olczak&#8217;s statements on cigarette bans and smoke-free world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/philip-morris-international-ceo-said-cigarettes-should-be-banned-2021-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/philip-morris-international-ceo-said-cigarettes-should-be-banned-2021-7<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What can you say about Olczak\u2019s statements against cigarettes, given that he is the CEO of a tobacco company?<\/li><li>\u201cWe can see the world without cigarettes\u201d. Do you think this is possible or not? Why?<\/li><li>Imagine a world where cigarettes were obsolete. What would it be like?<\/li><li>What do you think about Philip Morris International\u2019s plans to buy Vectura Group, a pharmaceutical company that manufactures asthma inhalers?<\/li><li>What are your thoughts on some tobacco companies of trying to position themselves as anti-smoking while still selling tobacco products?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate Isn\u2019t 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. 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