"Voluntary Marketing Standards" Mask Marketing Reality
Submitted by Anne Landman on
A BBC investigation has found British American Tobacco (BAT) violating its own voluntary international marketing standards in Nigeria,
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The Hidden War: Big Tobacco and the GOP Team up Against Southern Democrats
Submitted by Anne Landman on
When the major American tobacco companies signed the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with the 46 states who sued to recover the costs of treating sick smokers, the companies agreed to nominal advertising restrictions and massive yearly payouts to the states.
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The Secret of Marlboro's Success: Freebase Nicotine
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Most American cigarette makers, including Philip Morris (PM), have used ammonia in their manufacturing processes for decades, to "puff up" tobacco to increase its volume, highlight certain flavors, help hold together reconstituted tobacco sheet and reduce the amount of
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Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Tries to Explain "Menthol Loophole" in FDA Bill
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The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, who negotiated with Philip Morris to draft the bill to allow the
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Citing Menthol Exemption, Black Group Pulls Support for FDA Tobacco Bill
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The National African American Tobacco Prevention Network (NAATPN) has withdrawn its support for a bill allowing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products.
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Thanks to Chantix, Quitting Smoking May Be Hazardous, Too
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer "is preparing an advertising and public-relations campaign to counter concerns about its antismoking drug Chantix, once trumpeted as a potential billion-dollar-a-year blockbuster." So far, Pfizer has "run ads in five major newspapers in which its medical director explains Chantix's risk-benefit balance." The drug company will soon "start hosting ro
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Make 'Em Sick, Fix 'Em Up: VCU President Profits All Around from Tobacco
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After the New York Times revealed a secret research contract between Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Philip Morris earlier this month, Style Weekly, a Richmond, Virginia newspaper, investigated VCU President
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Virginia Commonweath University's Secret Research for Philip Morris
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As CMD previously reported, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) operates a School of Medicine and a School of Public Health while enjoying a cozy relationship with the tobacco industry, especially cigarette maker
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And the Losers Are ... Kids
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
On June 6, limos will be lined up, the red carpet will be rolled out, and decked out attendees will have their photos snapped by swarming paparazzi. But this isn't your usual Hollywood awards ceremony.
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Philip Morris in the Driver's Seat on FDA Tobacco Bill
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