A Worldwide Tour of Outrageous PM and BAT Behavior
Short descriptions of the marketing and promotional activities of Philip Morris and British American Tobacco in a wide range of countries.
Adolescent Exposure to Cigarette Advertising in Magazines
Research finds that cigarette brands popular among young adolescents are more likely than adult brands to advertise in magazines with high youth readerships.
American Heart Association: Tobacco Industry's Targeting of Youth, Minorities, and Woman
Describes efforts of the tobacco industry, with reference to the Joe Camel campaign, and the brands Uptown, Virginia Slims, and Dakota.
Astro-Turf: Bogus Grass-Roots Groups and the Tobacco Industry
"How the tobacco industry uses bogus grass-roots groups to oppose local smoking laws." Thorough look at the National Smokers Alliance (NSA). Article from the Pacific Sun.
Big Tobacco Rides East
Describes smuggling and the marketing of tobacco products in Vietnam.
Big Tobacco Smothers Latin America
Article on U.S. tobacco companies and their promotional and marketing efforts in Latin America; cites examples, summarizes.
Cancer Cash: Light Up. Be Cool. Drop Dead.
Article about R. J. Reynolds tobacco promotion at bars and clubs catering to young people in Seattle area.
Cigars: The Shaping of an Illusion
Baltimore Sun articles examine the cigar boom of the 1980s, and cigar industry manipulation of media to promote the product.
Corporate Lapdog Poses as Citizen Watchdog
Covers Contributions Watch, a fraud which pretended to expose special-interest money in elections, was secretly created and controlled by a lobby shop paid for by special-interest …
Double Standards of U.S. Tobacco Companies in International Cigarette Labeling
Report from Public Citizen examines cigarette pack warning labels in 45 countries. Conclusion: what Philip Morris says about its product varies by country.
FAIR: Media Moguls on Board
Cato Institute board member Rupert Murdoch is also a Philip Morris board member; Cato has taken money from Philip Morris and RJR.
Marlboro Man Goes East
Report on industry activity in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and other East European nations.
Opening Pandora's Box
SFWeekly article covers industry activity in California between 1988 and 1993, primarily diversion of Prop. 99 funds; politicians who helped the industry; industry use of PR firms,…
Project SCUM
Article in San Franscisco Weekly; tobacco industry documents expose an R.J. Reynolds marketing plan targeting S.F. gays and homeless people. Its name: Project SCUM.
Skeptic's Dictionary: The Junk Science Page
Charges that "The Junk Science Page is not about junk science so much as it is about anything which does not support a conservative, Rush Limbaugh type, political agenda."
Smoke Screen: Big Tobacco is Working Hard to Ensure the Whole World will Get Its Taste Of Freedom
Article from Hamburg, Germany, explores Philip Morris cigarette promotion worldwide.
Strange Bedfellows: the Tobacco Industry and the Massachusetts Restaurant Association
Covers history of the collaboration, and examines how and why the MRA helped the tobacco industry.
The Fraser Institute: Economic Think Tank or Front for the Tobacco industry?
Report examines the question (PDF format).
The Tobacco Institute's Center for Indoor Air Research
Uses original industry documents to show how, when, and why the CIAR was created.
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