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| ACLU and Big Tobacco |
| Secret documents reveal ACLU ties to the tobacco industry. Find out how taking $1,000,000 from the tobacco industry may have changed the ACLU's positions. |
| 4-H Yes, Philip Morris No! |
| Information on the Philip Morris partnership with 4-H. |
| Big Tobacco and Rupe |
| "Secret documents show that Philip Morris loves Rupert Murdoch's tobacco-friendly media. He's also just happens to be on their board." |
| The Great Tobacco Robbery |
| Cato Institute editorial condemns money made by plaintiff lawyers "holding tobacco companies accountable for Medicaid expenditures allegedly related to smoking". Not mentioned: the Cato Institute takes tobacco money. |
| FAIR: Media Moguls on Board |
| Cato Institute board member Rupert Murdoch is also a Philip Morris board member; Cato has taken money from Philip Morris and RJR. |
| The National Smokers Alliance: Exposed |
| ANR report on the NSA. "The goal of this piece is to reveal the origins, modus operandi, and game plan of the National Smokers Alliance, a "smokers' rights" front group created and funded by Big Tobacco to protect its profits." |
| PR Watch: Tobacco Front Group Exposed! |
| "Special-interest Watchdogs" exposed as tobacco industry front group. |
| Astro-Turf: Bogus Grass-Roots Groups and the Tobacco Industry |
| "How the tobacco industry uses bogus grass-roots groups to oppose local smoking laws." Thorough look at the National Smokers Alliance (NSA). Article from the Pacific Sun. |
| 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 lobby for tobacco industry positions and interests. |
| The Nicotine Network |
| Series of articles in Mother Jones magazine. Particular emphasis on "astoturf": front groups created by PR firms to look like "grass roots" organizations. |
| The War in the States |
| Fund Article explores tobacco industry use of front groups with no obvious ties to tobacco to push for state "pre-emption" laws. |
| Skeptic's Dictionary: The Junk Science Page |
| Charges that "The Junk Science Page is not about junk science so much as it is about anything which does not support a conservative, Rush Limbaugh type, political agenda." |
| TASSC and Other Tobacco Industry Ploys |
| Journalist Stewart Fist surveys the origins, history, and uses of TASSC, and the documentation on the above. |
| RJR's Field Force Unravelled |
| Reports on RJ Reynolds document that names RJR field operatives in charge of coordinating and developing the "smoker's rights" movement in various states, and how much they were paid. |
| Writer Exposed as Tobacco Industry Hack |
| News summary and collection of articles covering Roger Scruton's deal with Japan Tobacco to write articles for them, such as attacking the World Health Organization. |
| Tobacco Industry Strategies and Front Groups |
| Covers the NSA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Empire State Restaurant and Tavern Association, and others. |
| CLEAR Profile: Steven Milloy |
| Profiles and explores the tobacco industry connections of lobbyist Steven Milloy. |
| Designer front group |
| Documents origins of TASSC. |
| Opening Pandora's Box |
| SFWeekly article covers industry activity in California between 1988 and 1993, primarily diversion of Prop. 99 funds; politicians who helped the industry; industry use of PR firms, lobbyists, and front groups. |
| The War in the States (cont'd) |
| continuation of article; covers Citizens Against Tax Abuse, Citizens Against Government Interferencel, Minnesota Coalition of Responsible Retailers, Citizens for Fair Taxes, Maine Grocers Association, others. |
| Those Lovable Tobacco Execs |
| Column by money advisor Andrew Tobias examines the National Smokers Alliance. |
| The Tobacco Institute's Center for Indoor Air Research |
| Uses original industry documents to show how, when, and why the CIAR was created. |
| SmokeFree Air Newsletter, Summer, 1995 |
| Short summary of front groups used to oppose NYC smokefree ordinance. |
| Corporate Lapdog Poses as Citizen Watchdog |
| Covers Contributions Watch, a fraud which pretended to expose special-interest money in elections, was secretly created and controlled by a lobby shop paid for by special-interest money. |
| An Open-ended Attack on the Public Interest |
| PRWatch article on tobacco industry use of PR firms and front groups to push "tort reform". |
| Public-Interest Pretenders |
| According to Consumer Reports, "no one plays the public-interest pretender game better than the tobacco industry"; this article explains. |
| Internal industry memo calls Gov. Pete Wilson "Pro-Tobacco" |
| Confidential internal Philip Morris memo describes then-governor Pete Wilson as "still pro-tobacco" and assures contact that Wilson is keeping the bulk of his tobacco money. |
| Tobacco Giants Accused of Smokescreen |
| Nature Science report on how the tobacco industry manipulates restaurant and bar trade bodies to maintain smoking in public places. |
| APCO, Philip Morris, and TASSC |
| Journalist investigates internal docuemnts showing the connections between APCO, Philip Morris, and TASSC. |
| 'Another Cynical Ploy': ALA Responds to Philip Morris Announcement |
| Response by the American Lung Association to Philip Morris's announcement that it would consider regulation. |
| Cato Institute: "Libertarian" in a Corporate Way |
| Article explores the Cato Institute's funding and advocacy, which include large tobacco industry funding and advocacy for the industry. |
| Tobacco Industry Organization and Support of Hospitality and Restaurant Coalitions |
| Presentation at health conference summarizes tobacco industry use of restaurant and hospitality organizations. |
| How Big Tobacco Helped Create "the Junkman" |
| PR Watch article on Steven Milloy, his "Junk Science" website, and his tobacco connections. |
| The Tobacco Industry Funds "Hospitality" Organizations |
| Documentation on tobacco industry covert funding and organization of pro-smoking efforts in the hospitality industry. |
| Junk Science and the Art of Spin-doctoring |
| Sites that portray research on secondhand smoke as "junk science" turn out to have tobacco money behind them. |
| Strange Bedfellows: the Tobacco Industry and the Massachusetts Restaurant Association |
| Covers history of the collaboration, and examines how and why the MRA helped the tobacco industry. |
| Through the Smoke Screen: Another Philip Morris Front Exposed |
| Article on Philip Morris, the NSA, and Contributions Watch. |
| Smoker Group's Thick Wallet Raises Questions |
| LATimes article on the National Smokers Alliance documents the gap between its claimed membership and dues members paid. |
| Study Shows Weekly Reader Conveyed Tobacco Industry Message |
| National Cancer Institute study finds that the Weekly Reader gave a pro-tobacco message at the time it was owned by tobacco interests. |
| Timeline: Front Groups |
| Internal tobacco industry memos, letters, organized in time provide a look at the industry's use of front groups. |
| Tobacco's Hired Guns |
| How the tobacco industry gets researchers, scientists, and engineers to testify against smokefree measures. |
| Ties that Bind: the ACLU and Big Tobaccco |
| Transcript of radio program. Guests include Morton Mintz, who wrote an article on the subject, and Stan Glantz. |
| Big Tobacco Buys a Round for the National Licensed Beverage Association |
| Report on how the tobacco industry uses the NLBA as a key third party to publicly oppose smokefree policies in workplaces. |
| Big Tobacco Gambles the American Gaming Association's Credibility |
| Documents how the tobacco industry has used the AGA as a public third party to fight smokefree policies. |
| Big Tobacco Serves the "Butt End" to the National Restaurant Association |
| Explains how the tobacco industry used this restaurant trade group as a front to fight smokefree workplaces. |
| The Fraser Institute: Economic Think Tank or Front for the Tobacco industry? |
| Report examines the question (PDF format). |
| Tobacco Industry Front Groups in Canada |
| Provides history and design of tobacco industry front groups in Canada. |
| Tobacco Company Masquerades as a Consumer Group |
| Campaign finance reform group provides a case study of Philip Morris bankrolling a front group. |
| Philip Morris Paid Rick Berman and Center for Consumer Freedom |
| Expose of Rick Berman and the Center for Consumer Freedom documents payments totallying $2,950,000 from tobacco giant Philip Morris to Rick Bermman. |