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» The Cigarette Papers - Book on what the Brown and Williamson documents reveal about their cigarettes, smoking, and the tobacco industry. The book now available free, online.
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» The Cigarette Papers - The Tobacco Industry and control of information about smoking and cancer; article from The Nation Magazine.
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» The Cigarette Papers - A "webumentary" documenting what the industry knew and when they knew it, in their own words, and what they did to hide their knowledge, and to get their customers to doubt the dangers of smoking.
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» Committee on the Judiciary - Humphrey Statement - Statement by Minnesota Attorney General Humbert Humphrey III before the House Judiciary Committee on tobacco policy and the June 20th settlement. "All the tobacco industry asks you to do, Mr. Chairman, is to guarantee them decades of prosperity...Members of this Committee, you don't need Philip Morris' blessing to proceed."
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» Concentration of Power - Section from report on the tobacco industry examines where power is concentrated in the tobacco industry.
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» 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.
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» A Frank Statement - On January 4, 1954, in response to continuing scientific reports on the health effects of smoking, the tobacco industry published this ad in more than 400 newspapers. It was a seminal moment in the history of tobacco, and also of public relations.
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» Joe Camel Campaign - In the litigation Mangini v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Collection, R.J. Reynolds and its advertising agencies were ordered to produce several million pages of documents regarding the design and implementation of the Joe Camel Campaign. Some of the most important documents from that are now available here.
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» McLean v. Philip Morris - David McClean, who was the Marlboro Man for Philip Morris, died of lung cancer caused by smoking. The text of his widow's lawsuit against Philip Morris provides information on industry conduct over the years.
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» No Sale: 5. Legislative Recommendations - "Faced with the prospect that state laws may be strengthened, the tobacco industry initiated a campaign to avert effective reform by enacting its own weaker proposals, designed to give the false appearance of reform without effecting meaningful change."
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» Our Good Friend, the Governor - Mother Jones article on tobacco industry influence on government in general, and Philip Morris influence specifically.
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» Public Versus Private Statements Made by the Tobacco Industry - Report contrasts what the tobacco said publicly with what it said in private, over a period of decades, on the subjects of nicotine and addiction, low-tar and low-nicotine cigarettes and smoker compensation, tobacco industry research and public relations, smoking and disease, and secondhand smoke.
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» Smoke in the Eye - "The Insider" is about Jeff Wigand, CBS, and Big Tobacco. A documentary covering the facts behind the movie.
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» Statements of Former Philip Morris Employees - CourtTV provides statements of Ian Uydess, William Farone, and Jerome Rivers. Covers nicotine manipulation, nicotine impact boosting, and research conducted by Philip Morris on nicotine addiction.
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» Tobacco Facts - From British Columbia, lots of information on smoking and the tobacco industry in Canada.
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» Trinkets and Trash - Gallery of cigarette ads and tobacco industry promotional items: t-shirts, caps, radios, and a wide variety of other items designed by tobacco companies to sell cigarettes, spit tobacco, and cigars.
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» The Truth about Big Tobacco in Its Own Words - Editorial in the British Medical Journal urges opening of the Guildford depository of tobacco industry documents and explains what we've learned already from industry documents.
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» 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 restrictions, and to give tobacco giant Philip Morris more lobbying power. (December 6, 2003)
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» Tobacco Industry Statements - This report reveals how little the industry measures up on three critical issues: the health effects of smoking, the health effects of secondhand smoke, and the addictiveness of nicotine. [PDF] (September 17, 2002)
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» More Dirty Linen For Big Tobacco - Report on how the tobacco industry pressured other companies to scale back marketing of quit-smoking products. (August 14, 2002)
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» Big Tobacco Accused of Destroying Evidence - Washington post article covers tobacco industry document shredding, attempts to discredit anti-smoking activists, and attempts to bribe health officials. (December 7, 2001)
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» Smoking Gun - What's the biggest tobacco stock you've never heard of? Try Wal-Mart. Forbes article explains. (August 21, 2000)
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» Big Tobacco Bounces Back - "Philip Morris et al. are recasting themselves as kinder, gentler companies concerned about their communities. Meanwhile, they're strong-arming the TV networks to block counter-ads which might persuade you otherwise." (February 22, 2000)
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» Memo to Commerce Committee on Tobacco Documents - Memo from John Dingell, ranking member, to Democratic members of the House Commerce Committee, on the subpeonaed tobacco documents. Provides overview of what the documents reveal about industry manipulation, lobbying, litigation, PR, and lawyer control of scientific research. (December 18, 1997)
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