Additional
Information: Sites about actions taken, or not taken, by government officials, agencies, or candidates for public office, that primarily affect the tobacco industry and the use of tobacco products. This includes sites about factors that influence their actions.
States Hooked on Tobacco Money States Hooked on Tobacco Money: State governments work to protect Big Tobacco: Wall Street Journal article. (Government) http://reclaimdemocracy.org/weekly_2003/state_tobacco_dependence.html
Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored" 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. (Government) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1858258.stm
Kentucky Legislators' Views on Tobacco Policy Kentucky Legislators' Views on Tobacco Policy: Research into policymakers' views in a tobacco state performs a survey of 116 Kentucky legislators. Surprisingly, they were highly supportive of reducing the state's dependence on tobacco and more supportive of tobacco control policies than expected. (Government) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10343882&dopt=Abstract
White House Sought to Soften Anti-Terrorism Legislation in Support of Tobacco Companies 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. (Government) http://www.public-i.org/dtaweb/report.asp?ReportID=61&L1=10&L2=70&L3=15&L4=0&L5=0&State=&Year=2001
U.S. Government Actions to Promote Tobacco 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. (Government) http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_tobacco_bush_admin_feb_12_let.pdf
Asia Times: Japanese Government Addicted To Tobacco Asia Times: Japanese Government Addicted To Tobacco: Article on the government of Japan's ties to the Japanese tobacco industry, and the effect on health programs in Japan. (Government) http://www.atimes.com/japan-econ/AK18Dh01.html
Support for Tobacco Trade: Up in Smoke? Support for Tobacco Trade: Up in Smoke?: A look at U.S. tobacco industry promotion of product abroad concludes that U.S. government support for the trade is not as strong as it used to be. (Government) http://www.afsa.org/fsj/Nov99/TobaccoTradeBeelman.cfm
Still Waiting to Exhale Still Waiting to Exhale: Public Citizen 1998 report subtitled: "Do Nothing" Republican leaders do their thing for Big Tobacco contributors. (Government) http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/prod_liability/tobacco/articles.cfm?ID=5796
The Decade-Long Scandal that Makes Enron Look Like Small Potatoes 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. (Government) http://www.thedenenbergreport.org/article.php?index=171
Critical Analysis of FDA Tobacco Legislation Critical Analysis of FDA Tobacco Legislation: Analysis of proposed tobacco legislatuion S2461 reveals critical flaws, concludes it would benefit the tobacco industry more than public health. (Government) http://www.notobaccobailout.org/
Additional
Information: Sites about actions taken, or not taken, by government officials, agencies, or candidates for public office, that primarily affect the tobacco industry and the use of tobacco products. This includes sites about factors that influence their actions.
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