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• Liddy Dole's Bad Blood Courting corporate interests at the Red Cross (NY Daily News). For those interested in the Dole years at the RC.

• 10/5/96 The IgNobel Awards from the Annals of Improbable Medicine. Guess which 7 tobacco companies won an Iggie for their discovery, announced in 1994 before Congress, that nicotine is not addictive.

• 9/29/96: Philip Morris, Burson-Marsteller, State Affairs Co., and the non-profit "watchdog" group, "Contributions Watch" What's the connection? Washington Post has the sad, important story on Monday's Front Page.

• 9/25/96: "I'm not this evil demon out there that certain people talk about" Rebecca Reeve's latest 3-day symposium with tobacco farmers and health advocates is covered by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

• THE List of Lobbyists from the National Law Journal. Also, See the story And here are some addresses/phone numbers

• Stage Directors & Choreographers in Civil War over Major Award to Philip Morris
  9/20/96 NY Times has the story online (look for the section, Where There's Smoke) or in hard copy on Page C2

• Get $$ info on Cigarette Advertising in Magazines in this 9/2/96 article on what the FDA regulations would mean to the magazine industry. From Advertising Age

• Tobacco's Surprisinig Toll on the South

• Philip Morris Cover-up Documents Unearthed in Lawsuit Read the story in the very hometown of Philip Morris' Richmond Research and Development Center.

• American Cancer Society Names Willie Brown "Humanitarian of the Year"
  -- the man "who has received more tobacco contributions than any other politician in U.S. history."
  "Bizarre beyond words" -- Stanton Glantz
  And here's an Editorial --with contact numbers--by Wayne Papy

• WSJ reports on Marlboro's New Magazine for "Regular Guys" (This is the new URL of this story, as of 9/18/96)

• NYTimes covers Gyro Worldwide, the Philadelphia-based, Gen-X ad agency that handles RJR's Red Kamel brand.

• 9/12/96 James Fort FOUND! And check out the remarkable Jamestown Rediscovery site.
  Here's MSNBC's coverage of this historic event.

• Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch Philip Morris' home town paper now has a "Tobacco Team"--and a constantly updated central location of all their fine tobacco stories. Their latest is an examination of the T-D survey findings that Virginians overwhelmingly support FDA regulations.

• 9/5/96 Paris Bans Smoking! Not really news, but an overview of the Paris scene from the new travel e-zine, Split Subscribe, and they'll tell you how to find Smoke-Free restaurants and hotels in Paris and throughout France!

• The Full Final Rule from the FDA Or you may FTP to it (It's huge). It's also being offered at the Counterpoint Site for 2 weeks for free (They publish regulatory, legal and technical databases)

• CA: Tobacco Tax Funds Raided to Evict Humboldt County Homeless? There's a Press Release

• 9/96: Why Partnership for a Drug-Free America only worries about some drugs. The above link shows PDFA's major support is from our legal drug producers--the pharmaceutical, alcohol and tobacco industries. It would be suicidal if the Partnership took on the alcohol and tobacco industries. The Partnership is living off free advertising product and space, and the media and ad agencies live off alcohol and tobacco advertising.-- The Nation, March 9, 1992.
  Thanks for the tips from Jon Krueger

• 8/22/96: Will the Government Snuff out Tobacco? From LeadStory

• 7/96: NEW ZEALAND: Govt Plans to Legalize Tobacco Ads from New Zealand Doctor.

• Gore & Dole Discuss Tobacco ASH has the quotes.

• Target Stores to Stop Selling Cigarettes. An economic decision, they say--just too expensive to keep away from kids (some MN stores have been caught in stings). Don't expect to see anything about it at the Target Stores WebSite, but see the Minneapolis Star Tribune's interesting take on the conscience of Minnesota business.

• B&W LOSES LIABILITY CASE Florida jury awards Carters $750,000; Addiction issue, secret documents turn jury
  Check out CourtTV's daily report, and coverage of the verdict. And don't miss Jack's site

• On August 23, 1996, Duke University Medical Center hosted an RJR-supported symposium on the smokeless "Eclipse" cigarettes. There seems to be nothing on Duke's site about the symposium, but you may see some of the pages of the organizers:
  • Jed Rose, PhD (who has invented a nicotine patch, and is working with the nicotine-blocking mecamylamine.)
  • Ed Levin, PhD and his HomePage
  • And here's a list of all the folk at Duke studying nicotine.

• 8/24/96: FDA's Children and Tobacco WebPage

• 8/23/96: PBS' Smoke Screening Transcript and RealAudio of PBS' program with David Kessler. PLUS: Lots of fun RealAudio files of previous programs/segments.

• 9/6/96 Hurricane Fran Smashes through Tobacco Country
  Clinton Declares North Carolina a Disaster Area
  • Triad Online seems down, but here are a few surviving news outlets from the Eye:
  • Charlotte Observer
  • Raleigh News & Observer (through NandoNet)
  • And CNN is posting messages from local emailers

• On August 23, 1996, Duke University Medical Center hosted an RJR-supported
• Advanced Gravis Shareholders Reject Tobacco Tender Offer
  9/6/96: The story continues: WORLD WIDE WEB: The shareholders have been threatened by Gravis legal counsel, Davis & Co. not to disclose the Gravis WWW site URL (address).

• Force of Habit Where there's smoke, there's Hollywood: The portrayal of smoking on-screen. Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1996

• 8/15/96: Study: Nonsmokers Married to Smokers Face 20% Increased heart Disease Risk. The American Heart Association has an abstract of the Circulation article.

• Study Finds NYC's Smoke-Free Air Act Has Not Hurt Restaurant Business

• 9/96: Why Partnership for a Drug-Free America only worries about some drugs. Seems PDFA's major support is from our legal drug producers--the pharmaceutical, alcohol and tobacco industries. It would be suicidal if the Partnership took on the alcohol and tobacco industries. The Partnership is living off free advertising product and space, and the media and ad agencies live off alcohol and tobacco advertising.-- The Nation, March 9, 1992.
  Thanks for the tips from Jon Krueger

• 7/96: NEW ZEALAND: Govt Plans to Legalize Tobacco Ads from New Zealand Doctor.

• RJ Reynolds Secret Youth Targeting Study is on the net, courtesy Minnesota's Channel 4000.

• 7/15/96 CANADA: Airspace challenges RJR Eclipse smokeless cigarette testing

• Hurricaine Bertha Hits Tobacco Crop

• Missouri GASP protests at airport

• Wendy's sells 28 Restaurants to a Greensboro, NC Company Lorillard just moved its HQ to Greensboro. Could the sale have anything to do with Wendy chief James Near's pro-smoking policies?

• MN: Blue Cross has Standing in State's Suit--Minn. Supreme Court
  7/25/96. Read the important decision at www.courts.state.mn.us
  President and CEO Andy Czajkowski said: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota . . . has paid inflated health care costs because of the tobacco industry's illegal conspiracy. . . We will persevere until we hold the tobacco companies accountable for these costs.

• RJ Reynolds Secret Youth Targeting Study on the net, courtesy Minnesota's Channel 4000.

• CANADA: Airspace challenges RJR Eclipse smokeless cigarette testing

• Hurricaine Bertah Slams into Tobacco Crop

• The July 12, 1996 edition of Triad Business News has some interesting tobacco articles:
  • Tobacco Bidders Wonder Why B&W is Dragging its Feet on Sales of Brands FLASH! 7/25/96--BW has agreed to sell the brands to tiny Bowling-Green-based Commonwealth Brands.

  • Wendy's sells 28 Restaurants to Greensboro, NC Company Lorillard just moved its HQ to Greensboro. Could the sale have anything to do with Wendy chief James Near's pro-smoking policies?

• The Cigarette Papers Go Online!
• Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is offering a $25,000.00 bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of current or former tobacco industry executives for cigarette related felonies

• Washington State Sues Tobacco Companies Read about it on the Washington AG's own website.

• Lone Wolf of the Tobacco Wars Court TV profiles Cliff Douglas

• Friday, May 31, 1996 was World No Tobacco Day
  WHO's site focuses on sports and arts tobacco sponsorship

• The Tobacco Epidemic Just released by the World Health Organization
• 5/23/96 Today's New York Times carries a rave review of The Runaway Jury by John Grisham.
• CNN's 3-Part "Tobacco Under Attack"
  • Part 2--Big Tobacco Stands Firm
  • Part 3--The Future?
  
  See MoJo's video clips
• The May/June Mother Jones magazine is probably the most complete baring of the tobacco/money/politics situation the country has seen yet. "Tobacco Strikes Back" examines unashamedly (Mojo doesn't take tobacco ads) the reality of Big Tobacco's influence in the media and politics. Articles include:
  • Marlboro's Man--Bob Dole's tobacco connections.
  • Tobacco Under Fire, the 1994 documentary ABC cancelled the day it was slapped with a multi-billion lawsuit by Philip Morris.
  • Smoked Out (ABC and CBS's capitulations to tobacco, corporate and congressional interests.)
  • Mojo's 1979 expose on smoking, for which tobacco, and in solidarity, liquor companies pulled several years' worth of ads.
• For additional copies of the MOTHER JONES issue (or would like to subscribe), contact the subscription department at PO Box 469024, Escondido, CA 92046-9024, or 1-800- 334-8152, or 1-800-GET-MOJO.
• If you have more tips on tobacco industry activities that you'd like to give to MOTHER JONES, you can contact Kerry Lauerman at (415) 357-0509.

• San Diego Museum of Art Rejects PM Sponsorship
  Visit the San Diego Museum of Art's Buttterfield Page, which as of 5/2, still read,
  Deborah Butterfield is sponsored by Philip Morris Companies Inc.
• Florida's Associated Industries Promotes a Tobacco Tax Compromise in the battle over Gov. Chiles' bill which makes it easier to file "Medicaid" suits against the tobacco industry.
• 4/25/96 Philip Morris Shareholders meeting. See the coverage by the Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch (That's "Tac" as the Cigarette)
• New Guidelines Challenge All Clinicians To Help Smokers Quit
• April 25, 1996 Philip Morris Shareholders Meeting as covered by the Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch.
  Then check out all the T-D's 1996 tobacco stories.
• AMA Intensifies War on Tobacco
• Nicorette gum now OTC; Company sponsors programs with ALA, puts up WebSite
• Study: Teens 3 times as sensitive to cigarette advertising than adults.
  The Last Straw? April, 1996 Journal of Marketing study also finds that cigarette competition between firms is predominated by the battle of brands for market share among the young, and assertions to the contrary, without supporting evidence, should be treated with scholarly skepticism.
• The AMA WebSite contains articles on doctors' newly-intensified war on tobacco.
• A Web Special: CIGARETTE PAPERS --A DOCUDRAMA IN THREE ACTS
  To accompany its "Smoke in the Eye" program on April 2nd, Frontline introduced a Web-based drama through hyperlinks to internal tobacco company documents posted on the Internet.
• The Adbusters v. Lewis Lapham war is heating up again now that Adbusters is trying to place its "Utter Fool" cigarette parody in Harper's.
• Hot News from 1987: Candidate Dole's Tobacco Connection

• Legislature For Sale: How Money Rules Sacramento A Mercury News Special Report January 9, 1995