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[California] Smoke and mirrors: Tobacco tax fight comes down to money

Vanessa Marvin of the American Lung Association in California says voters should remember who is paying for the lion's share of the anti-Prop. 29 ad blitz -- tobacco companies. Marvin said support for Prop. 29 has slipped because of the massive spending
Capitol Weekly (Sacramento, CA)
added Jun 4, 2012 14:45
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[Canada] Alberta Tories accepted donations from tobacco company

Alberta's Progressive Conservative government was accepting thousands of dollars in donations from a tobacco company while it was preparing to sue the tobacco industry for $10 billion in health care costs, CBC News has learned.
CBC News (ca)
added Jun 2, 2012 16:06
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[California] Prop 29: Imposes additional tax on cigarettes for cancer research: FUNDING INFO

Maplight.org [Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection] (Sunlight Foundation)
added May 13, 2012 23:39
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[California] Tobacco company ads take aim at Proposition 29

Los Angeles Times
added May 13, 2012 08:00
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[Virginia] Donors to Federal Elections

Virginia Public Access Project
added May 10, 2012 13:40
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[Connecticut] Waterbury Tobacco Shop Owner Pleads Guilty in Chris Donovan Campaign Finance Scandal

Paul Rogers, 40, pleaded guilty in New Haven federal court to one count each of devising a scheme to bribe a public official and conspiring to make false statements to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and to impede the FEC's enforcement of federal c
Litchfield County (CT) Times
added Jan 29, 2013 16:15
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Smoking out lawmakers on conflicts of interest?

A half-dozen senators who have been among the most vocal advocates for federal funding for smoking cessation -- including Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, and Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin of Illinois -- have direct or indirect investments i
Washington Times
added Dec 26, 2012 23:32
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[Kentucky] Mitch McConnell: Fueled by tobacco and whiskey

Tobacco giants Altria Group Inc. and Reynolds American Inc. are two of Mitch McConnell’s top five career campaign PAC contributors.
Center for Public Integrity
added Dec 19, 2012 03:01
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ROHRLICH: Smokeless Tobacco Advocate Rails Against 'Frauds, Extremists, Liars'

"These anti-tobacco extremists want nothing short of seeing all the tobacco companies go out of business," says the director of Smokefree Pennsylvania.
Minyanville Media, Inc. (MMI)
added Oct 10, 2012 17:11
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Tobacco Money in California Politics (PDF)

Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures of Tobacco Interests in California: 2011-2012 Election Cycle: January – December 2011
Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing (ALA of California)
added Jul 6, 2012 05:19
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