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Big Tobacco Companies Accused Of Illicit Tactics To Expand Asia Sales

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 12.23.2008 | World

Read More: British American Tobacco, Philip Morris, World Health Organization, Cigarettes, Smoking China, Tobacco Companies Expand Asia Markets, Tobacco Companies Illegal Action, Asia, Smoking Thailand, Philip Morris Asia, Big Tobacco, World News

BANGKOK, Thailand — Two of the world's largest tobacco companies, seeking to expand sales into Asia, worked to undermine anti-smoking policies i...

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Will Waxman the Big Tobacco Fighter Take on Big Oil?

Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Big Tobacco, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Waxman Hearings, Environment, Green News
Kevin Grandia

Waxman is now in a position to haul the energy executives onto to the floor and expose this campaign just like he did with Big Tobacco.

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Blacks In Congress Split Over Menthol Cigarettes

New York Times | Stephanie Saul | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Blacks and Cigarettes, Edolphus Towns, Congress, Black Caucus, Tobacco Industry, Menthol Cigarretes, Big Tobacco, Business News

Free cigarettes are no longer handed out at Congressional Black Caucus functions. And it has been years since anyone referred to Edolphus Towns, Democ...

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We Can't Afford to Wait to Regulate Tobacco

Dan Smith | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Big Tobacco, Cigarettes, Smoking, Fda, Cancer, Tobacco, Smoking Cancer, Tobacco Regulation, Politics News
Dan Smith

More than 40 years following the first surgeon general's report linked smoking to cancer, a simple list of ingredients is still not required for tobacco products.

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Justice for Sale: How Big Tobacco and the GOP teamed up to crush Democrats in the South

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bob Riley, Big Tobacco, Karl Rove, Paul Minor, Don Siegelman, Haley Barbour, US Attorney Scandal, Doj, Politics News
Larisa Alexandrovna

Part VII of the Permanent Republican Majority Series by Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane Almost immediately after his appointment as US Attorney...

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McCain's Cronies: Charlie Black And Big Tobacco

Christy Hardin Smith | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Big Tobacco, John McCain, McCain Tobacco, McCain's Cronies, Tobacco Industry, Tobacco Lobbyists, Tobacco, Charlie Black, Politics News
Christy Hardin Smith

How exactly does senior campaign advisor Charlie Black divorce his tobacco lobbyist insider knowledge from his political advisor campaign guru self?

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The Amy Winehouse Visa Hypocrisy (updated version)

John Ridley | Posted 02.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Louis Camilleri, Big Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarettes, Philip Morris CEO, Amy Winehouse Grammys, Philip Morris, Cancer, Marlboro Cigarettes, Tobacco, Amy Winehouse Visa, Amy Winehouse, Altria Group, Entertainment News
John Ridley

If a guy who makes bank selling cancer is free to travel, comparatively the gov shouldn't be denying Winehouse entry 'cause she might guzzle a little Cristal and trash a hotel room.

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Congress Seeks Major Federal Tax Increase On Cigarettes

AP | Charles Babington | Posted 11.11.2007 | Business

Read More: Big Tobacco, Cigarettes, Cigarette Ban, Tobacco Lobbyists, Cigarette Tax, Business News

Congress is taking new whacks at the cigarette industry, banning tobacco sales in Senate buildings and -- more importantly -- seeking a significant fe...

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Big Tobacco's Green Smokescreen

John Fischer | Posted 09.18.2007 | Business

Read More: Activist Fads, Big Tobacco, Philip Morris, Altria Group, Business News
John Fischer

The biggest beneficiary of the pervasive focus on environmental responsibility may not be the conscientious consumer, but a far unlikelier entity: big tobacco.

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