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[UK] Lynton Crosby lobbying row: David Cameron refuses to publish client list of his controversial aide
The Prime Minister today refused to publish the client list of controversial aide and lobbyist Lynton Crosby. David Cameron rejected claims that curbs on booze and tobacco were axed after pressure from Mr Crosby’s PR firm Crosby Textor, which has worke
May 16, 2013
The Mirror (uk)
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May 16, 2013 14:03
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[Europe, Malta] Surprising allies: from the Dreyfus affair to Dalligate
French MEP José Bové is convinced Dalligate was a “set-up by the tobacco lobby to bring down the commissioner”.
May 15, 2013
Malta Today (mt)
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May 15, 2013 09:46
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[UK] MONBIOT: Oxford University won't take funding from tobacco companies. But Shell's OK
I have asked the Shell professor of earth sciences at Oxford, the university itself and the umbrella body Universities UK to explain the ethical difference between taking tobacco money for cancer research and taking fossil fuel money for energy research.
May 14, 2013
Comment is Free (The Guardian, UK)
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May 14, 2013 19:07
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[Oklahoma] AUDIO: E-cigarettes popularity increasing, but questions remain
They might be new products, but nearly every convenience store in Oklahoma carries them. But the big thing now: independent shops selling e-cigarettes under the name of vapes. You see these poppping up all over the place, there’s one right here in Still
May 14, 2013
KOSU 91.7 (Stillwater/Oklahoma City OK)
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May 14, 2013 13:38
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[Europe, Malta] Were ‘EU funds’ a ruse for Kessler to bypass OLAF rules?
OLAF’s watchdog says the Dalli investigation was conducted on some irregular lines: ... was he egged on by the powerful and political interests at stake - a complaint given "special priority" by President Barroso himself and one which struck right at the
May 14, 2013
Malta Today (mt)
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May 14, 2013 04:31
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[Africa, Nigeria] Anti-Tobacco Campaigners, Others Fault Proposed Ban On Smoking
PLAN by the Lagos State government to ban smoking in hotels, schools, night-clubs and so on was, at the weekend, faulted by both anti-tobacco campaigners as well as tobacco industry. Meeting at a public hearing, held at the Lagos State House of Assembly
May 12, 2013
The Guardian (Lagos, Nigeria)
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May 12, 2013 16:51
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[UK] David Cameron's head of strategy sues Australian minister for libel
The case centres on a tweet in which Mike Kelly, now Australia's defence procurement minister, accused Crosby, who is Australian, and his colleagues in a lobbying firm of using "push polling", where an organisation attempts to influence or alter the view
May 11, 2013
The Observer (uk)
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May 13, 2013 14:46
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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
May 10, 2013
NC Policy Watch (blog)
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May 10, 2013 15:46
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[France, New York] Should Governments Cash In on Smokers?
a reported agreement by the French government and tobacco manufacturers to delay a scheduled price increase for three months because too many smokers have quit. In the first quarter of 2013, for the first time in 10 years, the value of French tobacco sa
May 10, 2013
New York Times Blogs
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May 10, 2013 15:43
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Questions raised over Crosby’s UK role and business interests
Senior party figures told the Financial Times a fortnight ago that this was inspired by Mr Crosby’s advice to “scrape the barnacles off the hull of the boat” – in other words drop unnecessary policies. However, this week a row blew up when it emerged tha
May 10, 2013
Financial Times (uk)
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May 10, 2013 15:29