british american tobacco imperial brands just a couple of days ago one of the world's biggest about the producers and first i mentioned altria this stock was sitting pretty at about fifty seven eighty cents now it's fifty four dollars and eighty cents when you go over to british american tobacco it's dropped about three percent this week and also imperial brands dropped but five percent they're all recovering somewhat if you want to call it a recovery but not really at all kristie have you ever watch the simpsons in your lifetime now. well you have it there's two characters rod todd and they've always said smokers are jokers and that's what it is up like are these the smoke if the tobacco companies are any go be jokers you're the joke's on them they're losing body and this is dealing with a cigarette so this is not dealing with debacle itself it all comes down to nicotine and the bottom line is like i said you should be smoking in the first place but investors are feeling it now too thank you so much our to correspondent alex mahela bitch thank you so much that you. talk a little bit ye