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Bad Acts: The Racketeering Case Against the Tobacco Industry

Drafting the racketeering statute, as I did, only put it on the books. Eubanks tenacity in litigating under it against Big Tobacco, despite the odds against her, made it effective against one of its most egregious offenders. I heartily recommend her story
amazon.com
added Jun 29, 2012 15:24
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[North Carolina] Tobacco markets were a way of life

Eastern North Carolina’s tobacco markets and festivals were once the highlight of the social calendar. As the 1992 markets ramped up, N&O writer and Wilson native Dennis Rogers remarked on the weight the tobacco market still carried.
Raleigh (NC) News & Observer
added Mar 6, 2013 13:26
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The Powell Memo: A Call-to-Arms for Corporations

Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson explain the significance of the Powell Memorandum, a call-to-arms for American corporations written by Virginia lawyer (and future U.S. Supreme Court justice) Lewis Powell to a neighbor working with the U.S. Chamber of Com
Bill Moyers.com
added Dec 10, 2012 19:30
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[Canada] Day 90: Prof. Proctor's guest lecture continues

As Mr. Proctor gave a concise review of 60 years' of tobacco industry history, Justice Riordan listened intently. So did the visitors and fans of Mr. Proctor who filled up the seating area located behind the plaintiff's benches.
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Nov 29, 2012 00:33
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MAGGI: Bearing Witness for Tobacco

But despite mounting evidence of the industry's half-century cover-up, the tactic of insisting that "everyone knew" continues to sway juries. Here the role of the supposed independent expert witness is crucial. To win cases against tobacco, plaintiffs' at
The American Prospect
added Nov 27, 2012 22:04
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[Colorado] LETTER: SHARPE: Marijuana use could take path of tobacco in U.S. if legal

In her Oct. 22 op-ed, Dawn Nannini makes the common mistake of assuming that marijuana prohibition deters use. . . . Thanks to honest public education, legal tobacco use has declined considerably, without any need to criminalize smokers or imprison toba
Fort Colliins (CO) Coloradoan
added Oct 29, 2012 12:23
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[Australia] History of tobacco marketing

"In short, (the) defendants have marketed and sold their products with zeal, with deception, with a single minded focus on their financial success, and without regard for the human tragedy or social costs that success exacted." US District Judge Gladys K
OxyGen (au)
added Oct 16, 2012 08:20
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OPEN BOOK: Thinking Outside the Pack

"Golden Holocaust," by Robert N. Proctor, advocates the abolition of cigarettes
Harvard Magazine
added Jun 27, 2012 16:03
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[Canada] Letter: SHATENSTEIN: Cigarette smuggling and the tobacco industry

The salient point missing from Christopher Curtis’s stories on the illicit Mohawk cigarette trade is the culpability of the tobacco industry. As recently as 2010, Canadian giant JTI-Macdonald and Northern Brands International, a subsidiary of U.S. major
Montreal Gazette (ca)
added Apr 15, 2013 15:22
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[South Carolina] Memories of King Tobacco

Eldred Prince and Benton Henry’s book “The Great Harvest: Remembering Tobacco in the Pee Dee” tells the story of the once golden crop and the people that grew it.
WBTW Channel 13
added Apr 14, 2013 12:29
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