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1978 Lorillard Memo 1978 Lorillard Memo
1978 Lorillard Memo- "The base of our business is the high school student" explains a Lorillard marketing expert in this formerly secret Lorillard memo. ...
Sylvester Stallone's agreement Sylvester Stallone's agreement
Sylvester Stallone's agreement- Letter from Stallone documenting his cigarette product placement deal with Brown and Williamson Tobacco. ...
Tobacco Strategy, 1994 Tobacco Strategy, 1994
Tobacco Strategy, 1994- Inside memo shows how the tobacco industry influenced the Heartland Institute, National Journalism Center, National Association of Manufacturers, Tax Foundation, and other groups to advocate and l ...
Carleton Product Placement Carleton Product Placement
Carleton Product Placement- Formerly secret tobacco industry memo explains exactly how it's done. ...
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Product Placement in the Movies Brown and Williamson Tobacco Product Placement in the Movies
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Product Placement in the Movies- A formerly secret memo outlines the movies, the money paid, and the stars who took the money to feature smoking cigarettes in the movies; also details such as ...
Motion Picture Summary Worksheet Motion Picture Summary Worksheet
Motion Picture Summary Worksheet- RJR one-page summary of recent product placement of RJR cigarettes in movies. Names the movies and the actors involved. ...
Product Placement: Joe Camel Campaign Product Placement: Joe Camel Campaign
Product Placement: Joe Camel Campaign- Industry documents produced in Mangini v. R.J. Reynolds provide a rare inside look at product placement. In some cases itemizes the cigarette brand, the promotional fees paid, the m ...
Activity Report -- R. J. Reynolds Activity Report -- R. J. Reynolds
Activity Report -- R. J. Reynolds- Formerly secret tobacco industry memo shows how the tobacco giant paid for actors to smoke cigarettes in movies; movies, actors, and situations are listed. ...
Pat Sajak Show Pat Sajak Show
Pat Sajak Show- R. J. Reynolds memo explains how auto racing sponsorship was used to get Camel cigarettes advertised on TV. ...
Big Tobacco Threatened Drug Manufacturers Big Tobacco Threatened Drug Manufacturers
Big Tobacco Threatened Drug Manufacturers- Tobacco industry memos show cigarette companies pressured makers of stop-smoking aids to mute their message. ...
Multinational Monitor: The Tobacco Papers Multinational Monitor: The Tobacco Papers
Multinational Monitor: The Tobacco Papers- Formerly secret industry documents. "Buying votes, buying friends" tobacco industry political influence; Big Tobacco and the Law; Big Tobacco goes global; Smoking Guns I: Market ...
Solidarity Peace Trust Solidarity Peace Trust
Solidarity Peace Trust- NGO committed to human rights, freedom and democracy, co-chaired by the Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo and the Anglican Bishop of KwaZulu-Natal. ...
Operation Berkshire Operation Berkshire
Operation Berkshire- Article from British Medical Journal. Internal documents from the tobacco industry show that in 1977 seven of the world's major tobacco companies conspired to promote "controversy" over smoking and d ...
Secret Tobacco Document Quotes Secret Tobacco Document Quotes
Secret Tobacco Document Quotes- Tobacco industry internal memos provide an inside look at the industry's knowledge and views of nicotine, addiction, product design, and the customer. ...
Secret Tobacco Documents Secret Tobacco Documents
Secret Tobacco Documents- from the Tobacco BBS, a great collection of links to (formerly) secret tobacco industry documents. What the industry says in private continues to be a highly revealing guide to how smoking sprea ...
Anne Landman's Daily Documents Anne Landman's Daily Documents
Anne Landman's Daily Documents- Presentation and analysis of confidential industry memos and papers includes youth programs; PR analysis and campaigns; attempts to influence science, media and government; studies of its ...
The Tobacco Papers The Tobacco Papers
The Tobacco Papers- Entire issue of Multinational Monitor devoted to the tobacco papers: secret tobacco industry documents now available online. ...
Cigarette Secrets Cigarette Secrets
Cigarette Secrets- Mother Jones article on funny things that pop-up when sifting through thousands of pages of once-secret tobacco documents. ...
Insights from Australian Tobacco Industry Documents Insights from Australian Tobacco Industry Documents
Insights from Australian Tobacco Industry Documents- Full issue of research journal provides 14 papers on discoveries about the Australian tobacco industry from its own documents. ...
Discoveries and Disclosures in the Corporate Documents Discoveries and Disclosures in the Corporate Documents
Discoveries and Disclosures in the Corporate Documents- Series of research papers published in scientific journal analyses the discoveries made from formerly secret tobacco industry memos, letters, and documents, includi ...
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 which acknowledged that nicotine was a drug and highlighted the company's need to downplay that ...
BBC News: Parents Reassured on Vaccine BBC News: Parents Reassured on Vaccine
BBC News: Parents Reassured on Vaccine- Doctors say there is no link between a vaccine for mumps, measles and rubella, and autism or bowel disease in children. ...
Amnesty International USA - Zimbabwe Amnesty International USA - Zimbabwe
Amnesty International USA - Zimbabwe- News, reports and success stories for the country including AI Annual Report entries for the past ten years. [English, Spanish] ...
NPR : Commentary: Autism and Vaccination NPR : Commentary: Autism and Vaccination
NPR : Commentary: Autism and Vaccination- A panel of experts affiliated with the National Academy of Sciences says mercury in vaccines is not causing a rise in childhood autism. But many advocates for children's health a ...
NPR : Researcher Denies Link of Vaccines to Autism NPR : Researcher Denies Link of Vaccines to Autism
NPR : Researcher Denies Link of Vaccines to Autism- A New York Times Magazine article says a prominent vaccine researcher became concerned about the safety of some childhood inoculations. But the researcher says his view ...
NPR : Web Site Seeks ID for 'Lilly Bandit' NPR : Web Site Seeks ID for 'Lilly Bandit'
NPR : Web Site Seeks ID for 'Lilly Bandit'- The Web site TomPaine.com has offered a $10,000 reward to whoever can prove the identity of what the site is calling 'The Eli Lilly Bandit.' Someone inserted two paragraphs int ...
NPR : Homeland Security Provision Bars Lawsuits Against Drug Maker NPR : Homeland Security Provision Bars Lawsuits Against Drug Maker
NPR : Homeland Security Provision Bars Lawsuits Against Drug Maker- A last-minute addition to the Homeland Security Act effectively cancels more than 200 lawsuits against drug maker Eli Lilly. The cases involve children ...
NPR: Autism NPR: Autism
NPR: Autism- A growing number of parents believe that vaccines are to blame for their children's autism, and they went to Capitol Hill to testify before a House committee. NPR reports on the vaccine's connection to autis ...
NPR : MMR Autism NPR : MMR Autism
NPR : MMR Autism- NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a new study showing no link between a commonly used childhood vaccine and autism. The 14-year-long study in California kindergartens failed to find an association between a ...
CDC Knew: Mercury in Vaccines Induces Autism CDC Knew: Mercury in Vaccines Induces Autism
CDC Knew: Mercury in Vaccines Induces Autism- Studies the CDC hidden from the public supporting a link between vaccines and autism. ...
Autism - Cut The Crap Autism - Cut The Crap
Autism - Cut The Crap- CDC and FDA officials claim researchers and scientists conducted bogus studies supporting a link between mercury in vaccines and autism, but the experts have experience in vaccine safety and/or tox ...
Human Rights Watch - Zimbabwe Human Rights Watch - Zimbabwe
Human Rights Watch - Zimbabwe- Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country. ...
Thimerosal in Childhood Vaccines, Neurodevelopment Disorders, and Heart Disease Thimerosal in Childhood Vaccines, Neurodevelopment Disorders, and Heart Disease
Thimerosal in Childhood Vaccines, Neurodevelopment Disorders, and Heart Disease- An informative paper by Mark and David Geier published on the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. ...
MMR doctor links 170 cases of autism to vaccine MMR doctor links 170 cases of autism to vaccine
MMR doctor links 170 cases of autism to vaccine- Dr. Andrew Wakefield identified 170 cases of autism and bowel disease in children who had the triple-dose injection. ...
Bad Science : The Media's MMR Hoax Bad Science : The Media's MMR Hoax
Bad Science : The Media's MMR Hoax- Edited extract from Ben Goldacre's book "Bad Science" criticizing the media's role in the MMR/autism scare. ...
Jenny McCarthy Body Count Jenny McCarthy Body Count
Jenny McCarthy Body Count- Counting the number of vaccine-preventable deaths and illnesses in the United States since June 2007 when Jenny McCarthy started her anti-vaccination rhetoric. ...
[CDC] Vaccines and Autism Theory [CDC] Vaccines and Autism Theory
[CDC] Vaccines and Autism Theory- Answers to questions about autism and vaccines from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. ...
Anti-vaccine autism campaigners lose court battle Anti-vaccine autism campaigners lose court battle
Anti-vaccine autism campaigners lose court battle- Article in "New Scientist" describes the failed attempt by US parents to claim compensation. ...
US vaccines on trial over link to autism US vaccines on trial over link to autism
US vaccines on trial over link to autism- "New Scientist" reports on the questionable credentials of experts advising parents in an autism compensation case. ...
AntiAntiVax AntiAntiVax
AntiAntiVax- Simple point-by-point rebuttal of many statements made by those campaigning against vaccinations. ...
Panel Finds no Credible Link between Vaccines, Autism Panel Finds no Credible Link between Vaccines, Autism
Panel Finds no Credible Link between Vaccines, Autism- "The Institute of Medicine, an influential adviser of the government on scientific matters, said yesterday there is no credible evidence that either the measles-mump ...
The Sunday Times : MMR Doctor Andrew Wakefield Fixed Data on Autism The Sunday Times : MMR Doctor Andrew Wakefield Fixed Data on Autism
The Sunday Times : MMR Doctor Andrew Wakefield Fixed Data on Autism- Investigative report claiming that the doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in ...
Human Rights Watch - Azerbaijan Human Rights Watch - Azerbaijan
Human Rights Watch - Azerbaijan- Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country. ...
Science-Based Medicine: Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey, and "Green Our Vaccines": Anti-vaccine, not "pro-safe vaccine" Science-Based Medicine: Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey, and "Green Our Vaccines": Anti-vaccine, not "pro-safe vaccine"
Science-Based Medicine: Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey, and "Green Our Vaccines": Anti-vaccine, not "pro-safe vaccine"- David Gorski examines the "Green our Vaccines" campaign and explains why it should be considered an anti ...
Salon.com News - Deadly immunity Salon.com News - Deadly immunity
Salon.com News - Deadly immunity- "When a study revealed that mercury in childhood vaccines may have caused autism in thousands of kids, the government rushed to conceal the data -- and to prevent parents from suing drug ...
The National Pure Water Association (NPWA) The National Pure Water Association (NPWA)
The National Pure Water Association (NPWA)- Non profit company pledged to fight fluoridation of drinking water supplies. Information and resources on the evidence of harm from fluoridation. ...
British Fluoridation Society British Fluoridation Society
British Fluoridation Society- A group of concerned professionals working to see an improvement in the dental health of the UK population by the implementation of Government policy for water fluoridation. Provides extensi ...
Dare To Think Dare To Think
Dare To Think- Article by Darlene Sherrell asserting that the American Dental Association has colluded with industry to cover up the toxic properties of fluoride. ...
Fluoride Action Network Fluoride Action Network
Fluoride Action Network- An international coalition to end water fluoridation and alert people to fluoride's environmental and health risks. ...
Fluoride and Fluoridated Water's Link to Thyroid Disease Fluoride and Fluoridated Water's Link to Thyroid Disease
Fluoride and Fluoridated Water's Link to Thyroid Disease- Article generally reporting on one particular negative health effect of adding fluoride to water. ...

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