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[Connecticut] Donovan vows to stay in race, 'shocked' by Braddock's arrest

to contribute $10,000 to Donovan's congressional campaign. It was a supposed attempt to kill legislation that would have raised $3.4 million a year from about 15 roll-your-own cigarette machines in the state.
Connecticut Post
added Jun 4, 2012 10:42
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Big Tobacco's Marketing Muscle Influences Campaigns in the 21st Century

The application of several of big tobacco’s most successful advertising tactics over the past fifty years such as the use of authority figures and celebrities, in addition to inflated claims of health benefits, is out in full force today. To enhance their
Triple Pundit
added Apr 30, 2013 17:10
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[Europe] Swedish Match attacks reported EU plan for key tobacco products

Swedish Match AB has attacked reported European plans to further legislate on tobacco pouches known as snus as an indirect attempt to ban the products. Newspaper Dagens Nyheter quoted what it said was a draft of legislation by the Commission which said i
Reuters
added Dec 6, 2012 11:57
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Cigarette Makers Wage Final Battle to Tame Russian Smoking Bill

Cigarette makers including Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) and British American Tobacco Plc (BATS) are fighting a last-ditch battle against a smoking crackdown in Russia, with three weeks left to change the government’s mind. Russia should scale ba
Business Week/Bloomberg
added Oct 10, 2012 18:18
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[Russia] VIDEO: Tobacco Lord: Romney made millions on selling smokes to 'number-one foe'

it seems that his business history that fostered tobacco addiction there makes trading with the enemy okay.
You Tube
added Oct 15, 2012 11:35
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[Canada] Carl V Phillips - TobaccoTactics

Phillips is a former Associate Professor of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Alberta (Canada). He now runs his own private research consultancy, Populi Health Institute. Phillips has received funding from the tobacco industry
TobaccoTactics
added Sep 8, 2012 13:16
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[Australia] SHARKIE: Tobacco giants cower behind smokescreen

THE battle between public health and corporate wealth has never been so great or so important when it comes to tobacco.
Melbourne (Vic) Herald Sun (au)
added May 27, 2012 14:34
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[Malta] [WATCH] Dalli says European Commission wanted to lift snus ban

Malta Today (mt)
added Jun 4, 2013 09:43
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[Canada] Letter: POIET: Driving tobacco companies out of business won’t end smoking

a vocal minority seems to be more concerned with simply driving the tobacco industry out of business, assuming this will see an end to smoking around the world overnight. Imperial Tobacco Canada believes these critics should be careful what they wish fo
Montreal Gazette (ca)
added May 31, 2013 03:21
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[North Carolina] SCHOFIELD: Blast from the past: Tobacco lobby ramming through deceptive bill that endangers kids

Big tobacco is currently ramming through legislation in both houses of the General Assembly that sounds as if it is all about motherhood and apple pie. The bill (which as been introduced and advanced in both the Senate and the House at the behest of the i
NC Policy Watch (blog)
added May 10, 2013 15:46
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