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HEPBURN: Big Tobacco Had Nothing to Do With Tea Party Formation
I spent about a year researching the origins of the Tea Party for another publication, and I didn't know that way back in the 90s, Burson Marsteller ... proposed a plan to use the theme of "The New Boston Tea Party" to launch a campaign for the Coalition
Feb 25, 2013
Daily Kos (blog)
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May 23, 2013 07:17
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[Canada] Day 145: Four Seasons later, David Flaherty returns
He never once published his research findings outside of his reports to the tobacco companies. He explained today that this was because "I knew that eventually I would get to be an expert witness."
May 21, 2013
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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May 22, 2013 13:22
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ASH Mourns the Passing of Our Beloved Trustee Martin A Jacobs
It is with deep sadness that Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) announces the passing of devoted ASH Trustee and former Chair, Martin Adam Jacobs ... Mr. Jacobs was a true pioneer in the public health movement. His vision prompted him to take action agai
May 15, 2013
ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) (us)
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May 22, 2013 08:32
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[Colorado] Ten years after the smoke cleared
Carl Covi, 62, looked around inside his Broadway Tavern, 127 Broadway Ave., recently and said he is glad the smoking ban took root. Yes, it cost him money. "That first year, it definitely hurt because customers were going off to private clubs, like
May 20, 2013
Pueblo (CO) Chieftain
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May 20, 2013 09:43
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[Canada] Day 144: Some unbelievable coincidences
In the course of answering these questions, Mr. Lacoursière revealed much about the influences that helped shape the report and those that were held off. In doing so, he left the impression that his own understanding of the social factors that influence
May 16, 2013
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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May 19, 2013 01:08
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[Virginia] Cigarette smuggling in New York has history of terrorism ties
PIX11 News reported more than eight years ago about links between cigarette smuggling and the financing of terrorism. ... he first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 was said to be partially financed by cigarette smuggling. One of the convicted b
May 16, 2013
WPIX-TV (New York, NY)
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May 18, 2013 07:27
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[Canada] Day 143: The countdown clock starts
today was a Stanley Cup day -- everyone was sitting forward in their seat intensively watching events unfold. Yet arguably the biggest development of the day happened not in the courtroom, but in a ruling Judge Riordan issued mid-day.
May 15, 2013
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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May 16, 2013 03:03
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[Canada] Day 142: The witness calls a time out.
. The examination of popular historian Mr. Jacques Lacoursière collapsed before noon when this first industry witness said he was unable to continue for the rest of the day.
May 14, 2013
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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May 15, 2013 08:58
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[West Virginia] Attorneys give closing arguments in lawsuit pitting smokers against big tobacco companies
Attorneys gave their final summaries and appeals to jurors Monday in a trial that seeks to determine the responsibility of the major tobacco companies in hundreds of cigarette-linked illnesses and deaths in West Virginia.
May 14, 2013
Charleston (WV) Daily Mail
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May 15, 2013 08:57
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[Canada] Day 141: Jacques Lacoursière and common knowledge
His report and its annexes will provide a handy-dandy catalogue of smoking-related events as covered in Quebec newspapers over six decades. But as for his conclusion that it would be impossible for someone not to know that smoking was dangerous? Or that
May 13, 2013
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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May 14, 2013 11:14