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FEINSTEIN, McCAIN: END TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES FOR TOBACCO INSURANCE

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John McCain (R-Arizona) today introduced an amendment to the Senate farm bill to eliminate taxpayer subsidized crop insurance for tobacco production. The amendment, which saves $333 million over the next decade, d
US Senator John McCain
added May 22, 2013 18:43
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Federal Government Funds $400G Smoke-Detecting Underwear Project

Smoke-detecting underwear is the latest federally-funded project commissioned to monitor peoples’ smoking habits for them. The project, which was overseen by the National Institute of Health and commissioned by scientists at the University of Alabama,
CBS Atlanta (CW69, WAOK, 92.9 The Game))
added May 21, 2013 13:22
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Tulsa Governor Fallin: Use Tobacco Funds for Health Care

Governor Mary Fallin is proposing a last-minute legislative change to the state's Insure Oklahoma program that would direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than 9,000 Oklahomans ... The federal government's decision came after Fallin re
AP - Associated Press
added May 18, 2013 11:42
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[Europe] Bulgarians hope proposals to restore EU tobacco subsidies will help save their jobs

But many Europeans still rely on the crop for an income, and hope proposals to restore EU subsidies will help save their jobs. In Bulgaria, the EU's poorest member state, many feel they have an especially raw deal.
Balkans.com (cy)
added May 17, 2013 23:38
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[New York, Virginia] Bought Cigarettes in NY? You May Have Funded Terror

Police have uncovered a cigarette-smuggling operation whose proceeds may have gone to terrorist groups, they say. Sixteen Palestinians were indicted yesterday (and all but one arrested) in the East Coast effort, which saw some 1 million cartons of cigaret
WBZT.com
added May 17, 2013 23:11
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BOSTIC: Philip Morris & IBM IMPROVER project: downplaying links between smoking & disease

the Tobacco Institute closed its doors, after 40 years of obfuscating the science ... The main purpose of IMPROVER seems clear – remuddy the waters on the causal link between tobacco and disease. But they actually get much more. By enticing young researc
ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) (us)
added May 22, 2013 08:36
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[Taiwan] Tobacco surcharge draws critics

A pro-smoker group and labor union representatives yesterday said the government may have been misappropriating and squandering money raised through the tobacco health and welfare surcharge on cigarette sales. Led by Taiwan Nicotianaspp Association for
Taipei Times (tw)
added May 17, 2013 10:58
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[Georgia] DeKalb County used tax funds to question strippers about a smoking ban

investigation of money handed out by a Centers for Disease Control program called Communities Putting Prevention to Work. Cause of Action says documents indicate that DeKalb County used funds it received “to support the adoption of a strengthened count
Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution
added May 16, 2013 16:43
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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.
Comment is Free (The Guardian, UK)
added May 14, 2013 19:07
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[Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine] Businessman worth $581M, Nahshon Nahshonov, Makes Donation to WWII Veterans

Nahshonov is a leader in the diamond industry and a key individual in the tobacco industry with his tobacco company "Marpela". These are only 2 examples of his accomplishments out of his impressive track record. Nahshonov is also the proud owner of a hote
PR Newswire
added May 13, 2013 14:52
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