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[New Zealand] Tobacco Tax Hike Passes With Some Objections
Most MPs backed a law legislating for four cumulative 10 percent annual rises in tobacco tax, though some had doubts about the way it was being done.
Oct 16, 2012
Scoop (nz)
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Oct 17, 2012 01:48
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NY Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten (D): 2012: $3,500 Rep. Towns, Edolphus(D): 2012: $3,500
Oct 16, 2012
ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) (us)
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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
Oct 16, 2012
Think Progress (blog)
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Oct 16, 2012 22:38
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Mitt Romney's Bain Helped Philip Morris Get U.S. High Schoolers Hooked On Cigarettes
Bain & Co., while led by Mitt Romney, advised Philip Morris to cut the price of Marlboro cigarettes, which boosted sales to teenagers,
Oct 16, 2012
Huffington Post (blog)
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Oct 16, 2012 22:27
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HUFFPOST HILL - Debate Two: Who Rules The Stools?
"When Mitt Romney served as CEO of Bain & Co., his consulting firm helped tobacco giant Philip Morris develop a groundbreaking sales strategy that researchers say has been linked to an unprecedented spike in youth smoking. On Friday April 2, 1993, Philip
Oct 16, 2012
Huffington Post (blog)
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Oct 16, 2012 19:53
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[Russia] BUCK: Mitt Romney The Cigarette Peddler
So after the Soviet Union crumbled, maybe Mitt thought he'd finish off the Russians with lung cancer? Is that his foreign policy calling card? Nicotine addiction? The work of Bain & Company and Mitt Romney also helped consolidate a massive amount of wea
Oct 16, 2012
WBZT.com
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Oct 16, 2012 15:25
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[Philippines] AGUILAR: ‘Revised tobacco taxes: Bane or Blessing?–Part 2’
Because the answer to the question of whether the sin tax on tobacco products will be a bane or a blessing is an answer that will have far-reaching consequences for millions of Filipinos, smokers and non-smokers alike, and certainly for this asthmatic. I
Oct 16, 2012
Philippine Daily Inquirer (ph)
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Oct 16, 2012 02:36
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[Missouri] MO: Groups blowing smoke over cigarette tax increase
Opponents of Proposition B have bought billboard space on Missouri’s highways and interstates, saying the it would amount to a 760-percent tax increase. Yard signs, paid for by proponents, populate various neighborhoods and tout that the measure would i
Oct 15, 2012
Watchdog.org (Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity)
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Oct 26, 2012 03:44
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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
Oct 15, 2012
New York Post
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Oct 16, 2012 22:34
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[New York] EDITORIAL: The right way to tax tobacco
THE ISSUE: Roll-your-own "clubs" make a mockery of everything from tax law to public health. THE STAKES: Will state government do the right thing?
Oct 15, 2012
Albany (NY) Times-Union
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Oct 15, 2012 09:10