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[Jamaica] WIGNALL: Smoking, drinking and playing political games

I have sat on scholarship committees for Carreras, a company manufacturing cigarettes. When bright youngsters seeking scholarships sit at the head of the table and make their pitch, some nervously, I do not suddenly get the impression that they are unawa
Jamaica Observer (jm)
added Oct 18, 2012 07:48
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University of Missouri leaders put wallets behind tobacco tax hike

The Columbia Daily Tribune reported Tuesday that the campaign donors in favor of the Proposition B ballot measure include University of Missouri curator Warren Erdman, who contributed $5,000. His company, Kansas City Southern Railway Co., gave $25,000.
AP - Associated Press
added Oct 18, 2012 03:34
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ASH: Big Tobacco Buys Big Political Influence

a new online map [ash.org/map] shows just how pervasive tobacco money is in politics. The map, produced by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), allows you to click on your home district and see how much money your Member of Congress and Senators have acce
PR Newswire
added Oct 18, 2012 09:05
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[Missouri] Education officials give money to tobacco tax hike effort

Top University of Missouri administrators, along with current and former curators, are among those contributing to a campaign supporting the tobacco tax increase headed to voters next month.
Columbia (MO) Tribune
added Oct 18, 2012 03:36
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NY Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten (D): 2012: $3,500 Rep. Towns, Edolphus(D): 2012: $3,500
ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) (us)
added Oct 16, 2012 22:44
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Find Out How Much Money Big Tobacco Is Spending In Your District

A new interactive map from the non-profit Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) breaks down campaign donations from the tobacco industry to Congressional races by state and district. The goal of the map, according to a press release issued by ASH, is to edu
Think Progress (blog)
added Oct 16, 2012 22:38
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For GOP, vice i$ nice

Team Romney has raised nearly $11 million from gambling, liquor and tobacco businesses. That dwarfs the $531,426 President Obama has collected from the same interests, according to an analysis conducted by the Center for Responsive Politics for The Post
New York Post
added Oct 16, 2012 22:34
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[Philippines] Did tobacco plant in Batangas sway Recto?

Antismoking groups on Saturday warned that if Sen. Ralph Recto failed to explain how his “watered down” sin tax bill would help curb rising cancer rates in the country, this could fuel suspicions that the presence of a $300-million Philip Morris plant i
Philippine Daily Inquirer (ph)
added Oct 14, 2012 17:00
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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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Wayne Greene: Website links tobacco money, Oklahoma leaders

A retired state health department worker has come up with an aggressive tool aimed at the lobbying muscle of the tobacco industry. Tobaccomoney.com is the creation of Doug Matheny. He told me that he had seen tobacco money skew the results of public po
Tulsa (OK) World
added Oct 7, 2012 17:22
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