Reitman dismisses those who long for

“Smoking” to be a more political movie and take

on big business and big tobacco. “There’s a few

people who have said, ‘Why didn’t you give it to

big tobacco?,’ but I think those people are missing

the point of this film,” he said. “It’s not a

movie about tobacco, it’s a movie about spin.”

http://www.baltimorestudentmedia.com/pdf/2006/031606.pdf p. 17