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[New York] RIGHTMYER: The truth about tobacco
May 6, 2012
Albany (NY) Times-Union
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May 6, 2012 19:07
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A History of the Knowledge—and Ignorance—of Harms from Cigarettes in Canada, 1950-2000 - Expert Report submitted by Robert N. Proctor, Stanford University (PDF) [GO TO https://tobacco.asp.visard.ca/Main.htm, click on blue bar for access]
I have been asked to evaluate and comment on three expert reports . . . 1. All three fail to consult the tobacco industry‘s internal documents, which reveal a decades-long conspiracy to downplay the hazards of smoking.
Aug 19, 2011
Conseil québécois sur le tabac et la santé (Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health) (ca)
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Nov 27, 2012 13:07
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Big Tobacco Indicts Itself
Golden Holocaust Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition . . . Drawing on formerly secret industry records, Proctor explores how cigarettes became the most widely used drug on the planet—and argues for a ban on their manufacture
Jul 27, 2012
Science
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Jul 31, 2012 13:36
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[New York] Who Made That Cigarette Filter?
Robert N. Proctor, a professor of the history of science at Stanford . . . Here he talks about the promises made for filters. Were filters used to obscure the dangers of cigarettes? Oh, yes. Filters are the deadliest fraud in the history of human civili
Jul 6, 2012
New York Times
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Jul 6, 2012 11:56
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[UK, New York] KEENAN: APOV: Tobacco in the Olympics! Who would have guessed?
On April 25, tobacco manufacturing giant Lorillard Co. announced that it had purchased electronic cigarette company Blu Cigs. Prior to the start of the Olympics over 5 million “e-cigs” were sent to London for the Games.
Aug 16, 2012
Batavia (NY) Daily News
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Aug 16, 2012 13:07
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ROBBINS: End Game Strategies for Tobacco Control
Can we really consider “end game strategies” for tobacco? An Op-Ed in the New York Times makes a strong case ... The Journal of Public Health Policy, where I am co-editor, has been encouraging public health leaders to report on “end game strategies” fo
Mar 26, 2013
ScienceBlogs
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Mar 27, 2013 10:47
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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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[China, UK, Georgia] A discussion of the tobacco industry’s exploitation of “smoke-free” Olympic Games
internal documents released as a result of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (.pdf). While excluded from the venue itself, the industry extended its far-reaching tentacles into the immediate areas adjacent to and surrounding the Olympic Ring. T
Aug 6, 2012
Stanford Law & Policy Review
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Aug 6, 2012 18:02
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[Canada] 3 tobacco companies in $27B lawsuit begin their defence
Lawyers are in a Montreal court today to defend three of Canada’s biggest tobacco companies against a $27-billion class action lawsuit. The complainants, two groups of individuals representing a total of 1.8 million Quebecers, allege these companies did
May 13, 2013
CBC News (ca)
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May 13, 2013 16:14
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[Canada, UK, USA] Smoke and mirrors: The tobacco industry pursuit of the cancer-free cigarette
“We’ve got consumers getting sick because they use our products.” It’s a statement that previous BAT executives wouldn’t have dreamed of making. Incredibly, tobacco companies in North America were still denying the link between smoking, addiction and di
Oct 5, 2012
Ottawa (Ont) Citizen (ca)
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Oct 8, 2012 14:29