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[Europe] SANCO Director's OLAF interrogation leaked

On Monday, New Europe published emails from high in the European Commission that detailed the Commission's secret rewriting of the Tobacco Directive, transforming it from an instrument to contain the harm that tobacco causes into an instrument that played
New Europe
added May 28, 2013 12:08
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MARTENS: IRS Sleuths Were on the Right Track: Big Tobacco Created Tea Party in 1994

Big Tobacco not only created the Tea Party, it has promoted it over decades, pumped millions into marketing it, and pulled it out of its magic hat every time it needed to produce an overnight, spontaneous “grassroots” movement.
DeSmogBlog.com (ca)
added May 23, 2013 03:50
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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."
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added May 22, 2013 13:22
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[Minnesota] HUMPHREY: A Clearer View: Tobacco settlement made state healthier

the 15th anniversary of Minnesota’s tobacco settlement. Those of us involved in the trial will never forget it. In 1994, as Minnesota attorney general, I joined forces ... when I see an ad directing smokers to QUITPLAN or to dine in a smoke-free restaura
Duluth (MN) News-Tribune
added May 13, 2013 03:05
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[Hungary] Socialist MP refused access to tobacco documents; Lázár accuses Philip Morris of creating anti-Fidesz scandal

Hungary’s national tobacco company has refused a Socialist lawmaker access to documents containing bids submitted for a recent tender. The company on Wednesday rejected Csaba Toth’s request to view the bids for tobacco concessions, arguing that even tho
All Hungary Media Group (AHMG) (hu)
added May 9, 2013 15:24
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[Canada] "Interlocutory indigestion"

Imperial Tobacco asked for the plaintiffs to be limited in how they could use the 3100 exhibits that have been put on the trial record over the past 14 months. The answer to these questions today was a resounding and explicit "NO".
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added May 9, 2013 12:46
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[UK] EDITORIAL: Smoking: the government's cowardly surrender to the tobacco lobby

inspection of tobacco industry documents released as a result of lawsuits reveals that the industry has been preparing for the battle for at least a quarter of a century. It will deny it, but the tobacco industry understands how brands lure in young smoke
The Observer (uk)
added May 6, 2013 12:54
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[UK] LLOYD: Big Tobacco's victory over plain packaging will get more teens hooked

For smokers (including my former self) who clung to a low tar, silver or lights brand in the hope it was somehow healthier, it would also remove one of the tobacco industry's great, last remaining deceptions. As one young person we spoke to put it in hor
Politics.co.uk (uk)
added May 7, 2013 07:46
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[Canada] Day 140: Justice Riordan preserves the "Destroyed Documents"

The third and last day of the mid-trial defence motions was relaxed compared with the first days' intense discussion about whether or not the plaintiffs had failed to produce enough proof to allow the trial to continue. The three items on the agenda we
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added May 3, 2013 01:18
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Attorney for Delray Beach widower asks to make tobacco companies pay about $15M for wife’s death

On a contentious day in court, attorney Scott Schlesinger used tobacco industry memos to remind the eight jurors how misinformation, manipulation and deceit by the tobacco industry lured millions of Americans, like Helen Cohen, to take up a habit that th
Palm Beach (FL) Post
added Apr 30, 2013 21:43
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