Position Paper: Marlboro Boycott

ACT UP/D.C.
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
P.O. Box 9318
Washington, D.C. 20005
[phone]
Position Paper:
MARLBORO BOYCOTT
Dated: April 28, 1990
Research Performed By Michael Petrelis [phone]
Carl Goodman [phone]
Emmett Underwood [phone]
Melinda Daniels [phone]
This document provides facts about our call for an international
boycott of Philip Morris, Inc.'s Marlboro cigarettes, and covers:
1. Date and place of kickoff press conference;
2. Our demands of Philip Morris;
3. How we've communicated those demands to the company;
4. Facts about Philip Morris's corporate support of Sen.
Jesse Helms (R.-N.C;);
5. Facts about Helms's voting record;
6. Facts about Philip Morris's corporate structure and
products, including the importance of Marlboro within
this corporate structure; and
7. Strategic points to make with media contact and in our
outreach efforts.
1. PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE ACT UP/D.C. * 'S CALL TO BOYCOTT
MARLBORO OCCURRED ON:
Thursday, April 26, 1990, at the downtown D.C. office
building housing Philip Morris (PM's headquarters is in
New York; the PM Washington office performs lobbying work
exclusively)

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