GLOBAL SOLIDARITY
AGAINST BIG TOBACCO



April 23-24, 2003
Richmond, VA

REVOKE "LICENSE TO KILL"
April 23, 2003

ALTRIA SHAREHOLDERS MTG
April 24, 2003

TEEN ADVOCACY WORKSHOP
April 23, 2003
Licensed to Kill, Inc
We're Rich, You're Dead! ™

Photo credit: AP/Wayne Scarberry

REVOKE THE

www.licensedtokill.biz

MEDIA ADVISORY: April 21, 2003
Contact: Anna White of Essential Action, 202-387-8030

Rally in Richmond to Denounce Incorporation of
New VA Tobacco Company "Licensed to Kill, Inc"

200 Teens from Across the U.S. to Participate;
Licensed to Kill Inc Executives to Present "Their Side"

On March 19, Licensed to Kill, Inc, a new tobacco company with the explicit purpose of "manufacturing and marketing tobacco in a way that each year kills over 400,000 Americans and 4.5 million other persons worldwide" was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia. On Wednesday, April 23rd, tobacco control advocates, including 200 teens, will gather at the Virginia State Capitol to denounce the company, call for greater controls on corporations that kill, and stand in solidarity with people around the world who are resisting the tobacco industry's global expansion.

WHAT: Rally to denounce incorporation of Licensed to Kill, Inc

WHO: Speakers from Across the Country

  • Over 200 teen tobacco control advocates from across the U.S.
  • Licensed to Kill, Inc Corporate Executives, including Rich Fromdeth, CEO and President; Noam Morrels, Senior VP of Global Expansion; and Corrie Prutspin, Senior VP of Corporate Communications.
  • Anna White, Coordinator, Global Partnerships for Tobacco Control/Essential Action
  • Robert Hinkley, lawyer and incorporator of Licensed to Kill, Inc
  • Anne Morrow Donley, President, Virginia GASP
  • Edward Sweda Jr, Senior Attorney, Tobacco Products Liability Project
  • Stacey Folsom, National Organizer, Infact

WHEN: 1 PM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23rd

WHERE: Virginia State Capitol
Capitol Square (near Bell Tower)
9th Street and Bank Street, Richmond

NOTE: Rally will feature excellent visuals and photo opportunities - including a 13 foot high "Licensed to Kill" cigarette pack!

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For more information about Licensed to Kill, Inc, see:
www.licensedtokill.biz

USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/2003-04-18-killer tobacco_x.htm

Corp-focus article:
http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/corp-focus/2003/000149.html


Essential Action's Global Partnerships for Tobacco Control program links tobacco control groups in the U.S. and Canada with groups in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Central/Eastern Europe to monitor and resist Big Tobacco's global expansion.
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