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Times-Union investigation: How big tobacco got its way in Florida Legislature ($$)
In 2009, tobacco lobbyists aggressively pushed a bill that drastically capped the amount four tobacco companies have to pay to appeal certain court judgments . . . SB 2198, was authored by Sen. Mike Haridopolos but written by the tobacco lobby.
Dec 30, 2012
Florida Times-Union
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Dec 30, 2012 15:08
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[UK-Scotland] Tobacco firm to challenge plain cigarette pack plan
THE tobacco giant JTI is preparing to challenge the Scottish Government's plain cigarette packets plans in an advertising campaign next week. It will reveal correspondence, obtained through Freedom of Information, from the Department of Health in which
Apr 6, 2013
The Scotsman (uk)
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Apr 7, 2013 10:22
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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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FDA Decision on Menthol Expected Soon
After attending a panel which included Zeller at the 2013 NATO Show in Las Vegas today, Wells Fargo Securities' managing director of tobacco, beverage and consumer research Bonnie Herzog said Zeller "indicated he was interested in establishing an open, h
Apr 23, 2013
Convenience Store News
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Apr 24, 2013 10:22
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Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Billionaires
The study, funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institute of Health, traces the roots of the Tea Party's anti-tax movement back to the early 1980s when tobacco companies began to invest in third party groups to fight excise taxes on ci
Feb 11, 2013
DeSmogBlog.com (ca)
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Feb 11, 2013 11:19
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[Louisiana] Shreveport tobacco business reinvents itself in wake of federal law
Because we can't offer the machines in a retail environment, we start a nonprofit smokers association. It's a federal association not unlike the United Way, but you've got local chapters." Rollers 20 offers roll-your-own cigarette machines that can be us
Jan 16, 2013
Shreveport (LA) Times
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Jan 16, 2013 06:45
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[UK] BAT acquires ecigarette start-up
British American Tobacco has bought an electronic cigarette company as the world’s second-largest tobacco company by sales ramps up investment in cigarette substitutes.
Dec 19, 2012
Financial Times (uk)
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Dec 19, 2012 14:29
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Tobacco Cos. Ask Supreme Court to Review Graphic Labels Ruling
The battle over graphic cigarette warning labels is being fought on another front now that several tobacco companies as well as a member of the National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO) have filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari with the U.S. Sup
Nov 6, 2012
Convenience Store News
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Nov 6, 2012 16:38
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[Europe, Hungary] Governments must challenge Big Tobacco
This week, a European association of tobacco growers called UNITAB will be holding their 33rd Congress in Budapest, Hungary. This is one of several tobacco growers’ association events this year organised to attempt to undermine a lifesaving global public
Oct 18, 2012
Framework Convention Alliance (ch)
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Oct 25, 2012 07:24
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'Nanny Bloomberg' Ad In New York Times Targets N.Y. Mayor's Anti-Soda Crusade (PHOTO)
"It says an awful lot about the state of the soda industry that a tobacco company front group is attacking Mike Bloomberg on their behalf. This is the same organization that was founded to oppose bans of smoking in restaurants and bars."
Jun 4, 2012
Huffington Post (blog)
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Jun 4, 2012 16:52