Critiques Lobbying Regulation Pro-Tobacco

Independent analysis of Philip Morris's call for regulation finds ways Philip Morris's proposed regulation would protect the industry, not the customer.

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Tobacco Industry Activity in the U.S. - Reports on industry activity by state; extensive and recent reports available for Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.

• Molly Ivins on Tobacco Bill Death - Columnist Molly Ivans comments on the lobbying behind the death of the McCain tobacco bill.
• Tobacco Industry Spent $10.6 Million to Lobby Congress in First Half of 2003 - As Congress conducted negotiations over major tobacco legislation regulation for the first time in years, the tobacco regulation industry spent over $10 million to lobby Congress, regulation over $116,000 every day Congress was in sessoin.
• Top Recipients: Tobacco - Identifies top takers of tobacco cash among candidates lobbying for elected office.
• Cancer Converts Tobacco Lobbyist - Victor Crawford, retired tobacco industry lobbyist dying of critiques cancer, gives lobbying a revealing interview on what he critiques did for the industry.
• Kicking the (US) Habit - Despite months of diplomatic arm-twisting, the Bush administration\\'s tobacco-friendly treaty critiques demands have gone up in flames, and a strong Framework critiques Convention on Tobacco Control is going forward.
• Hedrick Smith Productions: The People and the Power Game - 1996 mini series examining the power of the regulation media and lobbying lobby groups including the tobacco industry regulation lobbies. Offers press/viewer reactions lobbying to the series and regulation information on how to buy the lobbying film.
• U.S. House Votes on Federal Tobacco Lawsuit Show Influence of Tobacco Campaign Contributions - Analysis shows that House members who voted to protect the regulation tobacco industry have taken over five times as much tobacco regulation money as those voting to support the federal lawsuit.
• Industry Donations Favor Bush, Republican - Philip Morris is the second biggest contributor to lobbying the GOP lobbying in the current election; Center for lobbying Reponsive Politics report identifies lobbying top 10 Congressional recipients lobbying of tobacco money
• Big Tobacco's Dollars Douse Push for Fire-Safe Cigarettes - LATimes article.
• Control of "Grasstops" Government - 1993 Philip Morris memo reveals much about industry critiques strategy and tactics for influencing government.
• The Quiet Victory of the Cigarette Lobby - Article originally published in 1965 in the Atlantic Monthly looks at the tobacco industry\'s power in Congress.
• Tobacco Institute Lobbying report for 1989 - Internal tobacco industry document outlines its lobbying activities lobbying in 1989 regulation such as pre-empting local smokefree laws.
• Tommy Thompson and Tobacco - Report on the tobacco money, tobacco record, and lobbying tobacco industry connections of Bush appointee Tommy Thompson, lobbying director of HHS, in charge of CDC, NCI, lobbying and the Surgeon General's office.
• Smoke and Mirrors: Tobacco Industry Influence on "Grassroots" - Public Citizen report on the tobacco industry\\'s influence on the regulation "grassroots" campaign for liability limits.[PDF]
• Undermining Popular Government: Tobacco Industry Political Expenditures in California, 1993-1994 - Documents how the tobacco industry influences law in critiques California.
• California's Gov. Wilson Sabotaged Anti-Tobacco Effort, Groups Charge - Article in the Christian Science Monitor covers Wilson\'s efforts.
• Tobacco Lobbying Continues - "Each day that Congress meets, the nation\\'s four lobbying largest cigarette lobbying manufacturers spend more than $100,000 pushing lobbying their agenda on Capitol lobbying Hill." News article lobbying explains how the money is spent.
• George W. Bush: Calling for Philip Morris - Article in The Nation covers George W. Bush\\'s critiques tobacco connections, critiques his record on tobacco.
• Washingtonpost.com: Big Tobacco Filters Into Campaign Coffers - Many different ways an elected official can take tobacco money; lobbying this article summarizes.
• Tobacco Political Action Committees, 2000 - Summary of political action committee giving by tobacco lobbying company, comes regulation to about $2.4 million, broken down lobbying by company.
• Tobacco: Long Term Contribution Trends - Summarizes trends of $42 million of tobacco cash regulation spent on regulation political campaigns for 10 years. Broken regulation out by party, and regulation soft/PAC money.
• Tobacco Lobbying Outlays Soared in 1998 - Covers money spent and industry resources invested, e.g. regulation putting 192 lobbyists into Washington, about one for regulation every three members of Congress" regulation Names the major lobbying firms and lobbyists used.
• Tobacco Lobying in 1997 and 1998 - Shows amounts spent by each tobacco company, both lobbying and lobbying campaign cash, for all election cycles since 1990.
• U.S. Support for Tobacco Overseas: Going Out of Business? - Industry influence in different administrations is compared.
• The Struggle centred on Brussels - Industry lobbying in Europe focuses its efforts in critiques Brussels; Philip lobbying Morris is the strongest player, putting critiques 40 lawyers into place lobbying to lobby 20 Commissioners, critiques for example.
• Republican National Committees - The tobacco industry is a top giver of "soft money" lobbying to both political parties, but lately Republicans have been getting lobbying about 80% of tobacco money.
• Texans for Public Justice Lobby Watch - Reports on lobbying in the state of Texas critiques include reports critiques on tobacco industry activity: "Rove a critiques Mile for a Camel", critiques "Second-Hand Smoke", "Death Merchants critiques Hire More Accomplices", "Philip Morris\' Newest critiques Smokers", "
• Tobacco Industry Spent More Than $20 Million to Lobby Congress in 2002 - New report totals that cash the tobacco industry critiques spent to lobby Congress in 2002: over $100,000 critiques per day every day Congress was in session, critiques not even including campaign conributions.
• Tobacco firms Dip Deep to Lobby Hard - A.P. reporting on industry lobbying.
• Politicians Getting Indirect Tobacco Money - Washington Post article shows how tobacco money critiques streams into lobbying policians through stealth channels, such critiques as Kraft foods for lobbying Philip Morris.
• The Marlboro Hombres - Report on Costa Rica vacation enjoyed by two Colorado legislators, courtesy of Philip Morris.
• CorpWatch: Bush Administration Tobacco Industry Ties - Article on the tobacco industry ties of senior members of lobbying the Bush administration.
• Buying Influence, Selling Death - Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids breaks down critiques tobacco industry political spending by state, party, and soft versus critiques hard money, and finds that Congress and political parties have critiques taken more than $8 million in tobacco cash in the critiques most recent e
• Victor Crawford on 60 Minutes - Interview with ex-tobacco industry lobbyist Victor Crawford, on how the industry influences Washington.
• Pack Contributions: Tobacco lobbyists do a smokin' business with politicians - Recent reports identify Philip Morris as the single critiques largest contributor critiques to politicians. A report on critiques Colorado politicians who\\'ve taken critiques money, and what Big critiques Tobacco has gotten in return.
• The Tobacco Industry Successful Efforts to Control Tobacco Policy Making in Switzerland - UCSF report. Executive summaries in German, English, and French. regulation Full report in English.
• Top All-Time Givers To Congress: Philip Morris - Profile of Philip Morris, one of the top regulation all-time givers of money to Congress, provides 12 regulation year itemized totals, breakout by party and by regulation year.
• On the Money Trail With GOP - ABC News report says tobacco money gets tobacco regulation lobbyists access in Washington.
• Air Tobacco: Campaign Travel on Tobacco Industry Jets - Report on tobacco industry giving free jet travel regulation to politicians.[PDF]
• Tobacco: Political Issues - Chapter from the Tobacco Reference Guide covers tobacco regulation lobbying and critiques influencing in politics at the state, regulation local, and federal (US) critiques level.
• The Tobacco Presidency - Essay discusses the tobacco connections of George W. Bush.
• Secondhand Diplomacy - After closed-door meetings with cigarette makers, the Bush administration is critiques seeking to derail a global tobacco treaty.
• Warning: Philip Morris Wants Regulation - Independent analysis of Philip Morris\\'s call for regulation lobbying finds ways Philip Morris\\'s proposed regulation would protect lobbying the industry, not the customer.
• Tobacco Wars: Canada - Article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal describes critiques the tobacco regulation industry's power in Canada.
• Philip Morris' Latest Smoke Screen - BusinessWeek news analysis finds Philip Morris\\'s call for FDA regulation "has little to do with health -- and a lot to do with self-interest."
• Tobacco Industry Attempts to Subvert European Union Tobacco Advertising Legislation - Research report on tobacco industry programs aimed at regulation defeating EU critiques legislation governing tobacco advertising and promotion.

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