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A handful of business representatives that are closely following the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations have taken new jobs over the last few months. Linda Menghetti, an expert on investment issues...

Plain Package Cigarettes Reduce Smoking Appeal: Study

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September 4, 2012

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A new study has discredited the tobacco industry's assertion that there is no proof plain packaging on cigarette packs reduces the appeal of smoking. Scientists from Canada, the United States and Brazil cond...

Unleashing the Campaign Contributions of Corporations

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August 29, 2012

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Way back in February of this year, more than two-thirds of Californians believed raising more money from tobacco companies to finance cancer research was a good idea. That was before industry money kicked in. ...

Smoke Signals: Plans of Big Tobacco Plain to See

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August 29, 2012

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Reynolds Adds Aids to Stop Smoking

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August 27, 2012

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Reynolds American Inc. is taking a bold — perhaps audacious — approach to entering the nicotine-replacement therapy marketplace, analysts say. With the Zonnic gum of its Niconovum pharmaceutical subsidiary, ...

U.S. Court Strikes Down Graphic Warnings on Cigarettes

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August 24, 2012

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a law that requires tobacco companies to use graphic health warnings, such as of a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his throat. The 2-1 dec...

Tobacco Boss Says Some Regulation OK

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August 22, 2012

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New Zealand's tobacco industry is already heavily regulated and the Government's plain packaging proposals for cigarette packets is a step too far, the country's biggest cigarette manufacturer has said. In a...

Hidden Hand of Big Tobacco Leads to WTO Challenge

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Philip Morris International Expands its Portfolio

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UB Researcher Finds Big Tobacco Has Powerful Global Grip

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August 17, 2012

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August 17, 2012

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THE taxpayer-owned Future Fund is profiting handsomely from tobacco investments, despite Canberra's plain packaging laws. As the High Court's landmark ruling in favour of plain packaging triggered a slide in...

Campaign Against Missouri Cigarette Tax Hike Gears Up

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August 16, 2012

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WHO Welcomes Landmark Decision from Australia’s High Court on Tobacco Plain Packaging Act

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Australian Court Approves Tobacco Pack Logo Ban

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August 15, 2012

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(Reuters) - Australia called on the world to match its tough new anti-tobacco marketing laws that will ban logos on cigarette packs, after its highest court on Wednesday dismissed a challenge from global manufa...

Stale Smoke: The Tobacco Industry is Up to its Old Tricks

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August 12, 2012

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Imperial Tobacco Admit Giving Staff Free Cigarettes ‘For Research’

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August 12, 2012

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NEW Zealand's largest tobacco manufacturer will be investigated for giving free cigarettes to its staff. Imperial Tobacco's commercial boss Brendan Walker confirmed cigarettes were available to office staf...

Cigarette Maker Helps Fund Anti-Tax Effort

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August 10, 2012

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Tobacco Harmful to Those Who Farm It

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August 7, 2012

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D.C. Circuit Says Big Tobacco Is Still a Threat

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August 1, 2012

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Federal Judge Rules That Tobacco Industry Lawsuit Against FDA Panel Can Go Forward

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August 1, 2012

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Tobacco Groups Sue to Block New State Cigarette Taxes

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July 31, 2012

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Appeals Court Upholds Philip Morris Sanctions

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July 27, 2012

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UGANDA: BAT Campaign Smothering Tobacco Law

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July 22, 2012

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July 11, 2012

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If Tobacco Policy is Protected in TPP, Why is US Proposing a New Exception?

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June 15, 2012

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