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