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[France] French MPs' lunch with big tobacco causes a stir
After recent tax hikes on tobacco, and with a ban on e-cigarettes looming, eyebrows have been raised after it emerged that tobacco lobbyists recently wined and dined several French politicians in a lavish Paris luncheon.
Jun 3, 2013
The Local Europe (se)
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Jun 18, 2013 13:42
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[Europe] BRAUCHLI: Cigarettes and Senators
Consider Senators Mitch McConnell (R - KY) and Richard Burr (R - N.C.). ... The money that cigarettes have paid the two men, as well as some of their colleagues, makes them understandably sensitive to the well-being of their donors and they have expresse
Jun 14, 2013
Huffington Post (blog)
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Jun 15, 2013 16:30
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[New York] Weiner’s Record in House: Intensity, Publicity and Limited Results
Mr. Schwartz … donated to Mr. Weiner’s campaigns as early as his first run for the Council … He was also a major cigarette distributor and the spokesman for other wholesalers. Beginning at least in 2002, Mr. Schwartz had agitated for relief from a rise i
Jun 13, 2013
New York Times
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Jun 13, 2013 02:31
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[New Zealand] ARCHIVE: A burning issue
Maori Party MP Hone Harawira, who quit smoking the day a beloved uncle died of lung cancer, supplies the rage. He wants the Maori Affairs Select Committee to carry out an inquiry "and to bring these bastards from the tobacco companies out in the open to
Sep 13, 2009
Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz)
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Jun 12, 2013 15:56
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[USA] U.S. Senators Warn Europe on Tobacco
Signatories to the May 7 letter have longtime ties to the tobacco industry. Sen. Burr has received more money from tobacco companies, $ 524,000, than any other member of Congress, data from the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics show. Sen. McConne
Jun 7, 2013
NASDAQ
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Jun 7, 2013 11:06
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Tobacco CSR thwarts ad ban, no-smoking laws
CSR work is also a way for cigarette companies to gain access to local elected officials who have the power to approve and implement anti-smoking policies. Rappler gathered a list of CSR activities in the Philippines that tobacco companies have reported
May 31, 2013
Rappler (ph)
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Jun 2, 2013 19:43
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[Europe, Italy, USA] La lobby della settimana: Big Tobacco [Lobby of the week: Big Tobacco]
The situation in Europe is different in the forms of regulation, but not unlike the substantive centrality of their lobbying of firms producing smoke. The scandal has seen Dalligate the European Commissioner for Consumer Rights and Protection of Health, J
May 28, 2013
L'Indro (it)
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May 28, 2013 12:33
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[Connecticut] "Roll Your Own Tobacco" Players
Eight men are accused of raising $27,500 in campaign contributions, disguising the source of the money and steering it in 2011 and 2012 to the congressional campaign of Donovan. The payments were part of a failed effort to kill a tax, which has eroded the
May 14, 2013
Hartford (CT) Courant
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May 14, 2013 12:43
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FAESSEL: Star Scientific and Dirty Politics
this is an attack on the messenger, not the message. Star’s advancing science and superb test results that include four peer reviews of anatabine / Anatabloc clearly demonstrate its efficacy. Accordingly, Star’s building scientific narrative is p
May 13, 2013
SmallCap Network
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May 13, 2013 16:13
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[Virginia] Va. entrepreneur caught in growing political drama
Two decades later, revelations of Williams' lavish gifts and his company's generous political donations are at the center of a growing scandal dogging the state's two top Republicans - Gov. Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
May 13, 2013
Kansas City (MO) Star
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May 13, 2013 16:05