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[UK] MPs took gifts from tobacco company Japan Tobacco International
Six MPs calling for the Government to drop plans for plain cigarette packaging received hospitality worth thousands of pounds from a leading tobacco company.
Jun 29, 2012
The Independent (uk)
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Jun 29, 2012 10:52
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[UK] MP opponents of plain-packaging for cigarettes accepted hospitality from tobacco giant
MPs who signed a letter calling for the Department of Health to abandon a proposal to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes have accepted hospitality worth thousands of pounds from a major tobacco company, it can be revealed.
Jun 28, 2012
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
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Jun 28, 2012 13:04
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[California] Money and Politics
We are outraged at the tobacco industry’s ability to influence public policy in their favor, decade after decade. How much longer will people sit idly by and allow this happen to the detriment of our loved ones and our health? How do we best learn from
Jun 22, 2012
LiveStrong.com
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Jun 24, 2012 07:49
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Tobacco
The contributions to federal candidates and political committees from the tobacco industry, which includes makers of cigarettes, cigars and smokeless tobacco, as well as their trade groups, have drastically decreased since 2002.
Jun 4, 2012
Opensecrets.org (Center for Responsive Politics)
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Jun 23, 2012 19:01
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[Kentucky] McConnell decries efforts to undo 'Citizens United'
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court has moved into “a better place” in the last decade when it comes to protecting the First Amendment from legislative efforts to reform campaign financing.
Jun 15, 2012
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Jun 16, 2012 18:25
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[California] LETTER: Big spending vs. tobacco
Many voters may have been concerned, as I was, by the use of “big heart,” “big lung” and “big cancer” funds for an over-the-top media blitz, which in many schedules bracketed local commercial ads in the same break. We contribute to those national campai
Jun 15, 2012
Santa Maria (CA) Times
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Jun 15, 2012 13:21
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[Connecticut] EDITORIAL: Pass roll-your-own cigarette tax bill to prove lawmaker can't be bought
Lawmakers should plug the tax loophole and show they can't be bought
Jun 6, 2012
Hartford (CT) Courant
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Jun 13, 2012 14:56
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[Connecticut] 'Roll-your-own' cigarette battle at center of congressional finance scandal
Observers say with so much profit at stake, it is not surprising the Connecticut roll-your-own bill is at the heart of a controversy involving the campaign for Congress by state House Speaker Chris Donovan, D-Meriden.
Jun 10, 2012
Westport (CT) News
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Jun 10, 2012 21:40
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[Connecticut] Dead Bill Linked To Campaign Scandal Will Rise Again
A bill to tax "roll-your-own" tobacco shops that died before it could reach the floor of the state legislature last month – but still helped ignite a political scandal over the May 30 arrest of a staffer for House Speaker Christopher Donovan's congressio
Jun 10, 2012
Hartford (CT) Courant
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Jun 10, 2012 21:36
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[Connecticut] Tobacco shops link Donovan's donors ($$)
Connections weave a Waterbury web / Local people who are major donors to House Speaker Christopher Donovan's congressional run all have ties to Waterbury's roll-your-own smoke shops.
Jun 10, 2012
Waterbury (CT) Republican-American
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Jun 10, 2012 02:20