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[Missouri] Big Tobacco gearing up for cigarette tax fight
Campaign finance disclosures on file at the Missouri Ethics Commission show that Cheyenne International, of Grover, N.C., has donated $181,000 to a political action committee called Enough Taxes Already. Cheyenne International is — you guessed it — a “fu
Jul 17, 2012
Midwest Voices (Kansas City Star)
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Jul 17, 2012 19:52
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Matthew L. Myers: Let's Finish the Fight Against Tobacco
We know how to win the fight against this killer, but it will require political leadership and resources that match the scope of the problem.
Aug 17, 2012
Huffington Post (blog)
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Aug 21, 2012 01:56
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[California] LETTER: The high cost of smoking
May 10, 2012
Santa Maria (CA) Times
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May 10, 2012 04:19
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[USA] President Obama: It's time to submit the World Health Organization's tobacco treaty to the US Senate for ratification.
Fullfil your 2008 campaign promise to submit the international WHO FCTC Tobacco treaty to the full US Senate for ratification. 168 countries have already ratified the treaty. The United States are one of nine remaining countries that still needs to ratif
Feb 7, 2013
SignOn.org: Re-Inventing People-Powered Politics
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Feb 7, 2013 08:27
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California Tax Imperils Best Tobacco Gain Since ’09: Muni Credit
More than 300,000 uncounted ballots in a California tax referendum may dictate the future of the biggest rally since 2009 for bonds backed by payments from tobacco companies.
Jun 20, 2012
Business Week/Bloomberg
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Jun 20, 2012 09:53
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State of Tobacco Control 2013 (PDF)
Money emerges as the core theme in State of Tobacco Control 2013—specifically how states fail to invest in preventing and reducing tobacco use, and how the tobacco industry spends money to make more in profits at the expense of the health of the American
Jan 16, 2013
American Lung Association
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Jan 16, 2013 07:27
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Big Tobacco Already Resisting Obama's Proposal To Fund Universal Preschool With Cigarette Taxes
But Big Tobacco's powerful lobbying arm disagrees. "We oppose another federal tax increase on tobacco products," a spokesperson for the Altria Group, the biggest lobbying organization representing the tobacco industry, told the Huffington Post on Friday.
Apr 10, 2013
Think Progress (blog)
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Apr 10, 2013 16:41
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[Europe] Poland opposes EU menthol and slim cigarettes ban
In spite of the Health Ministry's reference to 90,000 deaths in Poland per year as a result of smoking-related diseases, the opinions of the other ministries proved decisive. The Ministry of Agriculture outlined that Poland is the largest exporter of t
Jan 31, 2013
Polskie Radio (pl)
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Jan 31, 2013 13:30
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[California] Richard Fink: The Koch Brothers’ Big Tobacco Man Behind the Kochtopus Curtain
relatively few people have heard of Richard Fink. And even fewer know of his connections to Big Tobacco – connections which may have influenced the creation and actions of Koch-funded front groups for decades to come. With the Kochs’ support, Fink estab
Jan 31, 2013
The Checks and Balances Project
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Feb 6, 2013 05:41
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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