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Daily Doc: Philip Morris aggression Daily Doc: Philip Morris aggression
Daily Doc: Philip Morris aggression- Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals started marketing Nicorette gum in the early 1980s. In response, Philip Morris ceased all of its humectant purchases from Dow, and let them know why. ...
Tobacco's Smokescreens Revealed Tobacco's Smokescreens Revealed
Tobacco's Smokescreens Revealed- Recent research identifies tobacco industry strategies to fight, delay, and water down health warnings, to prevent regulation of the tobacco industry, to circumvent advertising restrictio ...
Animal-to-Human Transplants Animal-to-Human Transplants
Animal-to-Human Transplants- Information about the procedures involved and the risk it may have for humans. ...
Lawyer Control of Internal Scientific Research and Products Liability Lawsuits: The Brown and Williamson Documents Lawyer Control of Internal Scientific Research and Products Liability Lawsuits: The Brown and Williamson Documents
Lawyer Control of Internal Scientific Research and Products Liability Lawsuits: The Brown and Williamson Documents- JAMA article on industry use of lawyers to control industry science. ...
Public Health Under Attack: ASSIST and the Tobacco Industry Public Health Under Attack: ASSIST and the Tobacco Industry
Public Health Under Attack: ASSIST and the Tobacco Industry- Research paper reports on how the tobacco industry mobilized a well-coordinated attack on a national stop-smoking project. ...
Multinational Monitor Multinational Monitor
Multinational Monitor- January/February issue of the magazine focuses on the tobacco industry. ...
Industry Activity around the World Industry Activity around the World
Industry Activity around the World- Interviews with advocates on industry activity in Canada, Hong Kong, Poland, and Thailand. ...
GASP of Colorado: Tobacco Industry and Front Groups GASP of Colorado: Tobacco Industry and Front Groups
GASP of Colorado: Tobacco Industry and Front Groups- Papers on Philip Morris's accommodation/pre-emption program; Philip Morris media plan for Colorado; RJR's field force; smoker's groups bankrolled by the tobacco indust ...
Tobacco's Dirty Tricks Tobacco's Dirty Tricks
Tobacco's Dirty Tricks- ANR information on tobacco industry strategies. ...
Smoking Gun Smoking Gun
Smoking Gun- What's the biggest tobacco stock you've never heard of? Try Wal-Mart. Forbes article explains. ...
Failed Promises of the Cigarette Industry and its Effect on Consumer Misperceptions about the Health Risks of Smoking Failed Promises of the Cigarette Industry and its Effect on Consumer Misperceptions about the Health Risks of Smoking
Failed Promises of the Cigarette Industry and its Effect on Consumer Misperceptions about the Health Risks of Smoking- Research reviews the public statements made by the tobacco industry and private statements inside the ...
The Tobacco Industry in Asia: Revelations in the Corporate D ocuments The Tobacco Industry in Asia: Revelations in the Corporate D ocuments
The Tobacco Industry in Asia: Revelations in the Corporate D ocuments- Analysis of tobacco industry memos and internal documents reveals industry strategies to undermine tobacco prevention and push up cigarette sales in ...
1980 Philip Morris Memo Outlined Need to Conceal Nicotine Studies 1980 Philip Morris Memo Outlined Need to Conceal Nicotine Studies
1980 Philip Morris Memo Outlined Need to Conceal Nicotine Studies- Washington Post article covers secret Philip Morris memo that acknowledged that nicotine was a drug and highlighted the company's need to downplay that f ...
More Dirty Linen For Big Tobacco More Dirty Linen For Big Tobacco
More Dirty Linen For Big Tobacco- Report on how the tobacco industry pressured other companies to scale back marketing of quit-smoking products. ...
Analysis of the Proposed 1997 Resolution Analysis of the Proposed 1997 Resolution
Analysis of the Proposed 1997 Resolution- Analysis of the Master Settlement Agreement by Fox, Lightwood and Glantz; examines whether it lives up to its billing and what it's likely to do for the industry and for the publ ...
The "Global Settlement" with the Tobacco Industry: 6 Years Later The "Global Settlement" with the Tobacco Industry: 6 Years Later
The "Global Settlement" with the Tobacco Industry: 6 Years Later- Analysis compares the provisions of the proposed 1997 "global settlement" with what was achieved without it, finds the settlement has little to offer. ...
How The Tobacco Deal Compares To Standards How The Tobacco Deal Compares To Standards
How The Tobacco Deal Compares To Standards- Analysis by Brion Fox and Stan Glantz of how the proposed June 20th 1997 "global settlement" deal compared with established standards. ...
Smoking, The African American Community and The Proposed National Settlement Smoking, The African American Community and The Proposed National Settlement
Smoking, The African American Community and The Proposed National Settlement- Scholarly article analyzes how well the proposed June 20 1997 federal tobacco deal addresses the impact of tobacco on the African American com ...
A Public Health Analysis of the Proposed Resolution of [the 1997 United States] Tobacco Litigation A Public Health Analysis of the Proposed Resolution of [the 1997 United States] Tobacco Litigation
A Public Health Analysis of the Proposed Resolution of [the 1997 United States] Tobacco Litigation- UCSF policy analysis paper examines the proposed tobacco settlement agreement. ...
Interview of Dr. Stanton Glantz Interview of Dr. Stanton Glantz
Interview of Dr. Stanton Glantz- Frontline interview; covers the Brown and Willaimson documents; the "settlement"; public health activities; the industry. "This is an industry whose whole thinking and behavior has been d ...
TV ACRES: Tobacco Products Section TV ACRES: Tobacco Products Section
TV ACRES: Tobacco Products Section- Summarizes tobacco products hawked on TV, including having the stars smoke the sponsor's product on the show, as well as later history of cigars and cigarettes and TV stars; provides a ...
Frontline: Smoke in the Eye: Jeffrey Wigand Frontline: Smoke in the Eye: Jeffrey Wigand
Frontline: Smoke in the Eye: Jeffrey Wigand- Transcript of Frontline report on Wigand, the censored 60 Minutes show, the tobacco industry, and media. ...
Tobacco Access and Media Tobacco Access and Media
Tobacco Access and Media- Poster session from health conference examines smoking in movies, use of media to send anti-tobacco messages, and developing tobacco media campaigns using youth attitudes. ...
The Collaborators The Collaborators
The Collaborators- Tobacco ads, advertising, and its effect on publications that carry it. ...
Fallout from the Tobacco War Fallout from the Tobacco War
Fallout from the Tobacco War- Column explores the impact of the Internet on public information on tobacco and the tobacco industry. ...
The Partnership: Hard Sell in the Drug War The Partnership: Hard Sell in the Drug War
The Partnership: Hard Sell in the Drug War- Article from The Nation discusses on the Partnership for a Drug-Free America discusses its tobacco connections such as Philip Morris funding and free ad space in media that tak ...
Philip Morris Complains About Ad Placement Philip Morris Complains About Ad Placement
Philip Morris Complains About Ad Placement- Presents and analyzes a letter that Philip Morris sent to newspapers to complain about where and how its ads ran. ...
washingtonpost.com: Tobacco Report washingtonpost.com: Tobacco Report
washingtonpost.com: Tobacco Report- Washington Post's online library of tobacco stories. Includes breaking news, politics and policy, litigation, health issues, teen smoking, industry news, and opinion. ...
The Search for the Smoking Gun The Search for the Smoking Gun
The Search for the Smoking Gun- Book review of Dr. David Kessler's "A Question of Intent" in The Atlantic Monthly; considers the interesting fact that Philip Morris considered buying The Atlantic Monthly in order "to inf ...
Big Tobacco's Deadly Deceits Big Tobacco's Deadly Deceits
Big Tobacco's Deadly Deceits- Article in Midwest Today, June/July 1996. "Cigarette Makers Have Worked Hard to Get Smokers Hooked". ...
Tobacco Industry Analysis of Newsweek Article Tobacco Industry Analysis of Newsweek Article
Tobacco Industry Analysis of Newsweek Article- Interanl tobacco industry memo reveals the history and results of tobacco industry pressure on Newsweek to water down a tobacco story. ...
Media Firms Buy Their Way To Political Access Media Firms Buy Their Way To Political Access
Media Firms Buy Their Way To Political Access- Center for Public Integrity report on media political power covers the connections between the tobacco industry and media, such as $1.1 billion in cigarette advertising, and ...
Smoking News - Topix Smoking News - Topix
Smoking News - Topix- News on smoking collected from diverse sources on the web. ...
Censored: The Leaked ABC Tape Censored: The Leaked ABC Tape
Censored: The Leaked ABC Tape- In March 1994, ABC killed a "Turning Point" documentary on Big Tobacco. Includes the text and some of the video (as QuickTime clips) from the never-aired show. ...
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Poster Session Environmental Tobacco Smoke Poster Session
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Poster Session- Health conference presents short summaries of recent research and experience in secondhand smoke policy and programs. ...
The Truth About Secondhand Smoke The Truth About Secondhand Smoke
The Truth About Secondhand Smoke- Report on the science, the industry's attack on the science, and the practical significance of secondhand smoke, from GASP of Colorado. ...
Campaign for Responsible Transplantation Campaign for Responsible Transplantation
Campaign for Responsible Transplantation- An international coalition of physicians, scientists, and public interest groups opposing xenotransplantation because of the risk of transferring deadly animal viruses to the hum ...
Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke- From the National Cancer Institute. Exposure measurement and prevalence, developmental toxicity (prenatal and postnatal), reproductive effects, respiratory healt ...
Widower Awarded Compensation in First Secondhand Smoke Fatality Case Widower Awarded Compensation in First Secondhand Smoke Fatality Case
Widower Awarded Compensation in First Secondhand Smoke Fatality Case- On December 8, 1995, the U.S. Department of Labor ruled that a hospital nurse's cancer death was due to her on-the-job exposure to secondhand smoke. ...
BAT and Tobacco Smuggling BAT and Tobacco Smuggling
BAT and Tobacco Smuggling- Collection of around 150 internal British American Tobacco (BAT) documents, illustrating the extent of BAT's involvement in cigarette smuggling in Asia and Latin America. ...
Philippe Boucher's Rendez-vous with Luk Joossens Philippe Boucher's Rendez-vous with Luk Joossens
Philippe Boucher's Rendez-vous with Luk Joossens- Joossens is an expert in tobacco smuggling and illegal tobacco sales; in this interview he discusses the size of the illegal market and the advantages to the industry of ...
Cigarette Makers Eye Surge in Suits, Investigations Cigarette Makers Eye Surge in Suits, Investigations
Cigarette Makers Eye Surge in Suits, Investigations- Cigarette makers are facing a surge of lawsuits and investigations involving their role in cigarette smuggling. ...
British American Tobacco and Tobacco Smuggling British American Tobacco and Tobacco Smuggling
British American Tobacco and Tobacco Smuggling- Statements published by the Select Committee on Health of the House of Commons in the UK. ...
European Community v. RJR European Community v. RJR
European Community v. RJR- Complaint brought by European Community against RJR over money-laundering/smuggling. ...
How Can Cigarette Smuggling Be Reduced How Can Cigarette Smuggling Be Reduced
How Can Cigarette Smuggling Be Reduced- Article from the British Medical Journal. ...
NOW: In Depth - Tobacco Traffic NOW: In Depth - Tobacco Traffic
NOW: In Depth - Tobacco Traffic- PBS documentary on cigarette smuggling "used by the biggest tobacco companies as a tool to break into markets all over the world. " ...
NOW: In Depth - The Black Market Peso Exchange NOW: In Depth - The Black Market Peso Exchange
NOW: In Depth - The Black Market Peso Exchange- Documentary on cigarette company involvement in drug money laundering. ...
Cigarette Smuggling in California: Fact and Fiction Cigarette Smuggling in California: Fact and Fiction
Cigarette Smuggling in California: Fact and Fiction- Scientific analysis examines tobacco industry financials and comrpes them to industry claims about cigarette smuggling. ...
How Smuggling Helps Lure Generations of New Smokers How Smuggling Helps Lure Generations of New Smokers
How Smuggling Helps Lure Generations of New Smokers- News article reports that "executives of British-based tobacco giant BAT sought to manage cigarette black markets in the drive to increase profits". ...
Cigarette Smuggling in Europe: Who Really Benefits? Cigarette Smuggling in Europe: Who Really Benefits?
Cigarette Smuggling in Europe: Who Really Benefits?- Research concludes "cigarette smuggling is not caused principally by 'market forces'. It is mainly caused by fraud, by the illegal evasion of import duty. The cigarett ...

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