Nick Naylor is the tobacco industry's public face and his job is to put a friendly spin on what they do. He really enjoys his job, as do his two best friends and fellow Merchants of Death, the alcohol lobbyist and the firearms representative. Things are quite grim for Big Tobacco at the moment, as a US Senator has set out on a crusade against them. So Nick gets busy arranging movie deals and bringing the original Marlboro man (just about to die of cancer) back on board, all the while trying to be a god father to his son, who adores him and tags along on business trips. If it were not for this sneaky reporter, who stops at nothing to get her inside story.

7 points