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As Nations Try to Snuff Out Smoking, Cigarette Makers Use Trade Treaties to Fire Up Legal Challenges

November 30, 2012

Big Tobacco Buys Big Political Influence

October 16, 2012

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Money is doled out to both sides of the aisle The tobacco industry has always been a major player in congressional campaigns, but a new online map ( ash.org/map) shows just how pervasive tobacco money is in p...

Imperial Tobacco Admit Giving Staff Free Cigarettes ‘For Research’

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August 15, 2012

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New Zealand Tobacco Manufacturer Imperial Tobacco is under investigation for allegedly providing their 250 employees with free cigarettes samples. Imperial Tobacco Commercial Boss Brendan Walker confirmed the g...

Cigarette Makers Help Fund Anti-Tax Effort

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August 15, 2012

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The Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association PAC received a $200,000 donation from Cheyenne International a North Carolina based company and maker of Decade cigarettes. The donation is to ...

Cigarettes blamed for raging fires in Spain

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July 25, 2012

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This Smoke Alarm is quite literal. At least four people have been killed in the Pyrenees as two wildfires blamed on lit cigarettes being tossed from a car burn out of control. The fires have already destroy...

California Tobacco Tax Referendum

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June 6, 2012

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During its Presidential primary election, California voters also had the chance to weigh in on a proposed $1/pack tax on cigarettes to fund cancer research. Polling just a few weeks before the vote showed w...