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How the Industry Argues That Nicotine Is Not Addictive How the Industry Argues That Nicotine Is Not Addictive: Analysis of the industry argument that nicotine is not addictive. Extensive documentation on how industry PR misleads and confuses the public about the science, on a critical issue: addiction. (Opposing Views) http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/8/2/210 Confidential Tobacco PR Memo Confidential Tobacco PR Memo: Memo from tobacco industry PR firm on how to sell and lobby for the industry's "proposed resolution". (Opposing Views) http://www.citizen.org/Tobacco/prmemo.htm Tobacco's Secondhand Science of Smoke-Filled Rooms Tobacco's Secondhand Science of Smoke-Filled Rooms: PR Watch report on tobacco industry PR push to get the public to doubt the health effects of secondhand smoke; analyses industry tactics. (Opposing Views) http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2000Q3/secondhand.html Brown and Williamson's "Responsible" Web Site Brown and Williamson's "Responsible" Web Site: Extended analysis of Brown and Williamson Tobacco's website, its purposes, PR, and messages. (Opposing Views) http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/docs/na-docs/aa990426.shtml Council for Tobacco Research Council for Tobacco Research: PR Watch report on tobacco front described by the Wall Stree Journal as "the longest-running misinformation campaign in US business history"; covers personnel, history, funding, and provides a case study. (Opposing Views) http://www.prwatch.org/improp/ctr.html Lawyer Control of the Tobacco Industry's External Research: Brown and Williamson Documents... [Fulltext, Jul 19 JAMA. 1995;274:241-247] (c) AMA 1996 Lawyer Control of the Tobacco Industry's External Research: Brown and Williamson Documents... [Fulltext, Jul 19 JAMA. 1995;274:241-247] (c) AMA 1996: Research article in medical journal documents how the tobacco industry funded research to generate good publicity for the industry, to deflect attion away from tobacco as a health danger, and to attempt, sometimes secretly, to influence policymakers. (Opposing Views) http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/274/3/241 Big Tobacco Feels the Heat Big Tobacco Feels the Heat: Article describes PR mechanisms and strategies used by the tobacco industry, including infliltrating campaign groups to weaken their impact. (Opposing Views) http://www.hero.ac.uk/research/big_tobacco_feels_the_hea1416.cfm Death of a Watchdog Death of a Watchdog: Long article covers the creation and exposure of Contributions Watch, a front for Philip Morris. (Opposing Views) http://www.altpr.org/webonly/watchdog.html An Open-ended Attack on the Public Interest An Open-ended Attack on the Public Interest: PR Watch article highlights use of front groups by Philip Morris and the tobacco industry. (Opposing Views) http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1996Q3/attack.html BAT's Socially Responsible Smoke Screen BAT's Socially Responsible Smoke Screen: PR watch article provides background and analysis of tobacco giant BAT's latest image campaign. (Opposing Views) http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2002Q4/bat.html Art At Any Cost? Art At Any Cost?: Editorial in Contemporary Dance magazine explores Big Tobacco's involvement and sponsorship of the performing arts and dance in particular. (Opposing Views) http://www.article19.co.uk/comment-artatanycost.php WHO Faces Up to Its Tobacco Links WHO Faces Up to Its Tobacco Links: PR strategies used by the tobacco industry to get the World Health Organization to derail or weaken its tobacco campaign. (Opposing Views) http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7257/314 Cigarette Firms Prepared to Throw Millions Into Public Relations Battle Cigarette Firms Prepared to Throw Millions Into Public Relations Battle: Short article on extent and nature of tobacco industry PR activities. (Opposing Views) http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=116238 Documents Reveal the Tobacco Industry's Spin Control Documents Reveal the Tobacco Industry's Spin Control: Knight-Ridder article examines what tobacco industry documents show about industry PR and litigation. (Opposing Views) http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/nation/98/04/23/tobacco.2-1.html Flack Attack Flack Attack: PR Watch article on tobacco industry PR. (Opposing Views) http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2000Q3/ Timeline: Public Image Timeline: Public Image: Tobacco industry documents grouped on a timeline show inside thinking on PR. (Opposing Views) http://www.tobaccodocuments.org/index.cfm?menuitem=timelines&id=32 Council for Tobacco Research - Disinfopedia Council for Tobacco Research - Disinfopedia: Extensive article covering one of the tobacco industry's longest running PR vehicles. (Opposing Views) http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Council_for_Tobacco_Research Masters of Manipulation: Tobacco-industry Tactics Masters of Manipulation: Tobacco-industry Tactics: Examines tobacco industry tactics in detail, with focus on Canada. (Opposing Views) http://web.idrc.ca/en/ev-28826-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html A Brief Analysis of the Brown and Williamson Website: An Effort to Taint Juries? by Cliff Douglas A Brief Analysis of the Brown and Williamson Website: An Effort to Taint Juries? by Cliff Douglas: An attorney takes a close look at the new web site and finds "a slick effort to make B&W look responsible and caring and to inoculate it against liability and punitive damages." (Opposing Views) http://www.tobacco.org/News/9908douglasbwsite.html Keep America Beautiful Keep America Beautiful: PR Watch article examines whether KAB is a grassroots non-profit or a tobacco front group. (Opposing Views) http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2001Q3/kab.html Rick Berman and Tobacco Front Groups Rick Berman and Tobacco Front Groups: PRWatch exposes the $600,000 in Philip Morris money used to create "Guest Choice", and Berman's other connections to Big Tobacco. (Opposing Views) http://www.prwatch.org/improp/ddam.html The War on Truth The War on Truth: Interview with John Stauber, a PR-industry watcher, has a short section on use of PR by the tobacco industry. (Opposing Views) http://www.lastwizards.com/pages/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=14 Cigarette Company Documents Outline Strategy to Derail Global Tobacco Treaty Cigarette Company Documents Outline Strategy to Derail Global Tobacco Treaty: Internal company records reveal a key tobacco industry player's sophisticated PR campaign. (Opposing Views) http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/report.asp?ReportID=523 Smoking'! How the Tobacco Industry Employs PR Scum Smoking'! How the Tobacco Industry Employs PR Scum: News article covers the development of the PR industry with the tobacco industry, and how and why tobacco uses PR today. (Opposing Views) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/11-22-95/cover.htm