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Reports on tobacco lobbyists and tobacco industry front groups in the state of Minnesota.
http://www.smokefreecoalition.org/truth/
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How Big Tobacco Barred the Gate Against Smoking Bans
News story on the influence of Big Tobacco in fighting smokefree public places in Washington State.
http://www.tribnet.com/news/story/4459663p-4444280c.html
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Tobacco Industry Woos Connecticut Lawmakers
Tobacco companies spent $3.6 million lobbying the Connecticut legislature between 1994 and 2002;
news report looks at what that bought.
http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/state/hc-23130146.apds.m0354.bc-ct--tobaaug23,0,971349.....
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Tobacco Money Buys Votes
Common Cause Florida report examines how the tobacco industry uses campaign contributions to
influence the legislative process in Florida.
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030824/COLUMNISTS0302/308240467/1110/EDIT
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Money Talks: Study Claims Tobacco Dollars Influence States
Report concludes that the tobacco industry money has influenced state legislatures into weakening
tobacco prevention programs.
http://stars.csg.org/spectrum/1997/winter/wi97spe8.pdf
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Influence of the Tobacco Industry on Wisconsin Tobacco Control Policies
112 page report covers tobacco industry lobbying, influence on local and Wisconsin state
government, influence on restaurant and private business, fighting clean indoor air, manipulating
the media, and undermining science.
http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/mep/departments/documents/fs_documents.html
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While Making Deal, Philip Morris Officials Gave to Thompson
News article. "As their lawyers were hammering out a multibillion-dollar settlement with the
states, Philip Morris executives did their best to clog Gov. Tommy G. Thompson's campaign coffers
with cash."
http://www.jsonline.com/news/spice/1119spice.asp
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Tobacco and Its Money Have Minority Allies in New York
New York Times article covers Philip Morris and R. J. Reyolds money in Black and Hispanic
organizations, and its influence on smoking and tobacco legislation.
http://www.tcsg.org/tobacco/minorities/minoritymoney.htm
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California Common Cause -- Tobacco Report
Report on the California campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures of the tobacco industry
and its allies, and what they buy. Downloadable databases itemize money spent.
http://commoncause.org/states/california/archives/oct-02tabacco.html
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Tobacco Lobby Political Influence on US State Legislatures in the 1990s
Research paper examines recently released tobacco industry documents, examines how the industry
advanced a pro-tobacco agenda in state legislatures in the 1990s, analysis the industry's market
and political motivations and strategies.
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/10/2/124
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Philip Morris and Gifts to Legislators
Short article on money and gifts accepted by Virginia legislators from Philip Morris, and pending
tobacco issues before the Virginia legislature.
http://www.people.vcu.edu/~jcsouth/on-the-lege-2000/project/philip-morris.htm
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Blowing Smoke Rings Around the Statehouses
Washington Monthly article on tobacco industry lobbying in state legislatures.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/archives/9605.mintz.html
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Tobacco Lobbyists Have Earned Their Pay
1997 Pulitzer prize winning editorial on tobacco lobbyists in the state of Iowa, how they served
the tobacco industry, and influenced what laws get on the books.
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1997/editorial-writing/works/2.html
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Tobacco Institute Llobbying at the State and Local Levels of Government in the 1990s
Paper in scientific journal examines money spent, purposes, and effectiveness of tobacco industry
lobbying on state and city governments.
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/11/suppl_1/i102
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Lobbyist Lurking in Disguise
Seattle times story covers how a Philip Morris lobbyist works.
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=godden13&da....
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Lobbying by Philip Morris in Wisconsin
Lists money spent by date and by bill lobbied.
http://ethics.state.wi.us/Scripts/LEOEL2000.asp?PrinID=2814
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Wisconsin Leaders Beholden to Tobacco Interests, Groups Say
By Richard P. Jones. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel] Advocates for campaign finance reform and a
smoke-free environment say that Wisconsin is squandering $1.3 billion in tobacco settlement money
to solve its fiscal crisis because it's beholden to tobacco companies.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/State/jun02/54018.asp
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While Making deal, Philip Morris officials gave to Thompson
"As their lawyers were hammering out a multibillion-dollar settlement with the states, Philip
Morris executives and their subsidiaries did their best to clog Gov. Tommy Thompson's campaign
coffers with cash." Article explains. (Thompson is now US Secretary of Health and Human
Services).
http://www.jsonline.com/news/Spice/1119spice.asp
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Tobacco Industry Power and Influence in Florida
Summary of recent research.
http://www.cleanlungs.com/education/features/power.html
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Double Dippin'
Article from the Texas Observer looks at tobacco money and influence on a Texas public official.
http://www.texasobserver.org/showArticle.asp?ArticleID=223
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