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Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2002-12-04
Author: IBRAHIM HAZBOUN, Associated Press Writer
Intro: Swept up in anti-American sentiment, Palestinians increasingly want the Marlboro man out of town.
Many smokers, especially young trendsetters, have switched to French-made Gauloises, which they say are similar in taste and a dollar a pack cheaper.
American cigarettes, particularly Marlboros, have been the main target of a boycott of U.S.-made products organized several months ago by Palestinian activists. The campaign has resonance among many Palestinians upset by what they see as Washington's one-sided support of Israel. . .
Marlboro had always been the most popular cigarette in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, favored especially by Palestinian men in their 20s and 30s as a status symbol; most Palestinian women don't smoke. . .
never before has an anti-American boycott succeeded.
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