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...Camel has been banished forever, but those beloved Budweiser frogs--succeeded by even cuter Budweiser lizards--keep marching along, right into the consciousness of every TV-watching kid in the country...
...client with a laser-like incursion into a massive bill that no one had the time or inclination to read. Tobacco executives--the guys who raised their right hands and swore that tobacco does not cause cancer, must have been spiking cartons of Marlboros in the end zone. Joe Camel lives...
...FRANCISCO: R.J. Reynolds, owners of the Camel cigarette brand and its now-defunct cartoon icon Joe Camel, have signed a $10 million settlement with 13 Californian cities and counties. State attorneys, who filed the lawsuit in 1991, get their fees paid with $1 million of the settlement amount. The other $9 million will go toward anti-smoking education aimed at undoing Joe's influence among children. Surprisingly, R.J. Reynolds did not offer to pay off the settlement with Camel-embossed duffel bags and cigarette lighters...
...reports that a New York store was selling it to minors. The product, essentially a Slurpee with 6 percent alcohol content, sells for about a dollar and is packaged in brightly-lettered soft plastic pouches. St. Ides president Minott Wessinger denied the product was developed with any Joe Camel-like intentions. "We took the necessary steps to identify that this product was an alcoholic beverage, and listed this fact not just once, but four times on each package," the statement said...
...would never dream of asking for compensation for something that is a personal choice. I am a Generation Xer who tried smoking at 15. And even at that age I was intelligent enough to realize that it is not a safe habit. A Marlboro Man or a cartoon camel had little to do with my smoking. Young people will always experiment--it is the nature of being young. Do people actually believe a cigarette will make them look like the Marlboro Man? I think not. JULIE BYRD Akron, Ohio...