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State governments work to protect Big Tobacco: Wall Street Journal article.
http://reclaimdemocracy.org/weekly_2003/state_tobacco_dependence.html
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White House Sought to Soften Anti-Terrorism Legislation in Support of Tobacco Companies
As Congress rushed to pass a bill aimed at cracking down on terrorists, the White House pushed a
measure that would protect the tobacco industry.
http://www.public-i.org/dtaweb/report.asp?ReportID=61&L1=10&L2=70&L3=15&L4=0&am....
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Tough on Drugs -- Weak on Tobacco
Article in medical journal outlines how and why the government of Australia does little about
tobacco, and government funding for tobacco control is small compared to government funding of
other public health issues.
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/172_12_190600/chapman/chapman.html
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U.S. Government Actions to Promote Tobacco
12 page document lists actions by the U.S. government to promote cigarettes and spit tobacco around
the world.
http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_tobacco_bush_admin_feb_12_let.pdf
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Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored"
The deaths of five million people in the UK from smoking-related diseases have been partly blamed
on decades of government inaction.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1858258.stm
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The Decade-Long Scandal that Makes Enron Look Like Small Potatoes
Columnist Herb Denenbert comments on how little the government does about tobacco's toll.
http://www.thedenenbergreport.org/article.php?index=171
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Tobacco Free Billboards
An article about anti-tobacco billboards replacing cigarette industry advertisements. Department of
Public Health launches a new anti-smoking media initiative.
http://www.homestead.com/abetterlife/news5.html
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Secondhand Diplomacy
After closed-door meetings with cigarette makers, the Bush administration is seeking to derail a
global tobacco treaty.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2003/10/ma_284_01.html
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White House Sought to Soften Anti-Terrorism Legislation in Support of Tobacco Companies
The Bush administration sought to use anti-terrorism legislation, rushed through Congress in the
wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, to shield U.S. tobacco companies from foreign lawsuits alleging
cigarette smuggling and money laundering.
http://www.public-i.org/story_01_112901.htm
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Smoke Free Maryland - Smoking Costs
Succinct, bottom-line, answers: what's it costing us?
http://smokefreemd.org/costs.htm
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Minnesota Institute of Public Health: Tobacco Related Issues
Factsheets on economic costs of tobacco, tobacco and the workplace, and tobacco and pregnancy and
parenthood.
http://www.miph.org/miph_tobacco.html
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The Maryland Tobacco Page
Health effects of Smoking; smoking costs; fact sheets.
http://sailor.lib.md.us/docs/tobacco/
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Information on Drugs of Abuse: Nicotine
Resources on nicotine addiction from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
http://www.nida.nih.gov/drugpages/nicotine.html
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Indiana Prevention Resource Center Tobacco Resources
Fact sheets and lots of links.
http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/druginfo/tobacco.html
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Smoke Free Birmingham
Posters, screen savers, videos, printed information, and factsheets on smoking, quitting, and going
smokefree.
http://www.smokefree.org.uk/
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Smoking Kills - A White Paper on Tobacco
UK Department of Health report.
http://www.doh.gov.uk/smoke.htm
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Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
"Strengthening national, state, and local tobacco prevention and control activities to reduce
the nation's #1 preventable cause of death".
http://www.astho.org/?template=state_tobacco.html
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CDC Health Topic: Smoking/Tobacco Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention information.
http://www.cdc.gov/health/tobacco.htm
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