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» Big Tobacco's Dollars Douse Push for Fire-Safe Cigarettes
   LATimes article.
   http://www.no-smoking.org/jan98/01-01-98-2.html

» Buying Influence, Selling Death
   Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids breaks down tobacco industry political spending by state, party, and soft versus hard money, and finds that Congress and political parties have taken more than $8 million in tobacco cash in the most recent el
   http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/contributions/

» California's Gov. Wilson Sabotaged Anti-Tobacco Effort, Groups Charge
   Article in the Christian Science Monitor covers Wilson's efforts.
   http://www.monitor.net/monitor/free2/wilsontobacco.html

» Cancer Converts Tobacco Lobbyist
   Victor Crawford, retired tobacco industry lobbyist dying of cancer, gives a revealing interview on what he did for the industry.
   http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=76

» Control of "Grasstops" Government
   1993 Philip Morris memo reveals much about industry strategy and tactics for influencing government.
   http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/dd/ddcontrolgrasstops.html

» CorpWatch: Bush Administration Tobacco Industry Ties
   Article on the tobacco industry ties of senior members of the Bush administration.
   http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=896

» George W. Bush: Calling for Philip Morris
   Article in The Nation covers George W. Bush's tobacco connections, his record on tobacco.
   http://www.no-smoking.org/oct99/10-22-99-3.html

» Hedrick Smith Productions: The People and the Power Game
   1996 mini series examining the power of the media and lobby groups including the tobacco industry lobbies. Offers press/viewer reactions to the series and information on how to buy the film.
   http://hedricksmith.com/PBSDoc/thePeopleAndThePowerGame.shtml

» Industry Donations Favor Bush, Republican
   Philip Morris is the second biggest contributor to the GOP in the current election; Center for Reponsive Politics report identifies top 10 Congressional recipients of tobacco money
   http://www.jointogether.org/plugin.jtml?siteID=miph&p=1&Tab=News&Object_ID=264711

» Molly Ivins on Tobacco Bill Death
   Columnist Molly Ivans comments on the lobbying behind the death of the McCain tobacco bill.
   http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98/n487/a03.html

» On the Money Trail With GOP
   ABC News report says tobacco money gets tobacco lobbyists access in Washington.
   http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96273&page=1

» Philip Morris' Latest Smoke Screen
   BusinessWeek news analysis finds Philip Morris's call for FDA regulation "has little to do with health -- and a lot to do with self-interest."
   http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_29/b3741056.htm

» Politicians Getting Indirect Tobacco Money
   Washington Post article shows how tobacco money streams into policians through stealth channels, such as Kraft foods for Philip Morris.
   http://www.no-smoking.org/may98/05-08-98-5.html

» Republican National Committees
   The tobacco industry is a top giver of "soft money" to both political parties, but lately Republicans have been getting about 80% of tobacco money.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/president/guide/charts/rnpc.html

» Secondhand Diplomacy
   After closed-door meetings with cigarette makers, the Bush administration is seeking to derail a global tobacco treaty.
   http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2003/03/ma_284_01.html

» Smoke and Mirrors: Tobacco Industry Influence on "Grassroots"
   Public Citizen report on the tobacco industry's influence on the "grassroots" campaign for liability limits.
   http://www.citizen.org/documents/smokeMirors.PDF

» Texans for Public Justice Lobby Watch
   Reports on lobbying in the state of Texas include reports on tobacco industry activity: "Rove a Mile for a Camel", "Second-Hand Smoke", "Death Merchants Hire More Accomplices", "Philip Morris' Newest Smokers", "Health Hypocrisy", and "Tobacco Spends Big B
   http://www.tpj.org/Lobby_Watch/lw.html

» The Quiet Victory of the Cigarette Lobby
   Article originally published in 1965 in the Atlantic Monthly looks at the tobacco industry's power in Congress.
   http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/smoking/drewf.htm

» The Struggle centred on Brussels
   Industry lobbying in Europe focuses its efforts in Brussels; Philip Morris is the strongest player, putting 40 lawyers into place to lobby 20 Commissioners, for example.
   http://www.health.fi/smoke2html/Pages/Smoke2-49.html

» The Tobacco Industry Successful Efforts to Control Tobacco Policy Making in Switzerland
   UCSF report. Executive summaries in German, English, and French. Full report in English.
   http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/tcpmi/Swiss2001/

» The Tobacco Presidency
   Essay discusses the tobacco connections of George W. Bush.
   http://www.thegully.com/essays/US/politics_2001/010319tobacco_bush.html

» Tobacco Industry Attempts to Subvert European Union Tobacco Advertising Legislation
   Research report on tobacco industry programs aimed at defeating EU legislation governing tobacco advertising and promotion.
   http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/tcpmi/EU2002/

» Tobacco Industry Spent $10.6 Million to Lobby Congress in First Half of 2003
   As Congress conducted negotiations over major tobacco legislation for the first time in years, the tobacco industry spent over $10 million to lobby Congress, over $116,000 every day Congress was in sessoin.
   http://tobaccofreekids.org/Script/DisplayPressRelease.php3?Display=706

» Tobacco Industry Spent More Than $20 Million to Lobby Congress in 2002
   New report totals that cash the tobacco industry spent to lobby Congress in 2002: over $100,000 per day every day Congress was in session, not even including campaign conributions.
   http://tobaccofreekids.org/Script/DisplayPressRelease.php3?Display=682

» Tobacco Institute Lobbying report for 1989
   Internal tobacco industry document outlines its lobbying activities in 1989 such as pre-empting local smokefree laws.
   http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/dd/ddproactive.html

» Tobacco Lobbying Continues
   "Each day that Congress meets, the nation's four largest cigarette manufacturers spend more than $100,000 pushing their agenda on Capitol Hill." News article explains how the money is spent.
   http://no-smoking.org/oct01/10-23-01-1.html

» Tobacco Lobbying Outlays Soared in 1998
   Covers money spent and industry resources invested, e.g. putting 192 lobbyists into Washington, about one for every three members of Congress" Names the major lobbying firms and lobbyists used.
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/tobacco/stories/outlays103098.htm

» Tobacco Lobying in 1997 and 1998
   Shows amounts spent by each tobacco company, both lobbying and campaign cash, for all election cycles since 1990.
   http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=A02

» Tobacco Political Action Committees, 2000
   Summary of political action committee giving by tobacco company, comes to about $2.4 million, broken down by company.
   http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/industry.asp?txt=A02&cycle=2000

» Tobacco Wars: Canada
   Article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal describes the tobacco industry's power in Canada.
   http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/300/cdn_medical_association/cmaj/vol-156/issue-2/0237.htm

» Tobacco firms Dip Deep to Lobby Hard
   A.P. reporting on industry lobbying.
   http://204.27.188.70/daily/09-96/09-09-96/a01wn012.htm

» Tobacco: Long Term Contribution Trends
   Summarizes trends of $42 million of tobacco cash spent on political campaigns for 10 years. Broken out by party, and soft/PAC money.
   http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?Ind=A02

» Tobacco: Political Issues
   Chapter from the Tobacco Reference Guide covers tobacco lobbying and influencing in politics at the state, local, and federal (US) level.
   http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter32/table_of_contents_chap32.html

» Tommy Thompson and Tobacco
   Report on the tobacco money, tobacco record, and tobacco industry connections of Bush appointee Tommy Thompson, director of HHS, in charge of CDC, NCI, and the Surgeon General's office.
   http://www.tobacco.org/News/thompsonfull.html

» Top All-Time Givers To Congress: Philip Morris
   Profile of Philip Morris, one of the top all-time givers of money to Congress, provides 12 year itemized totals, breakout by party and by year.
   http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.asp?ID=D000000067

» Top Recipients: Tobacco
   Identifies top takers of tobacco cash among candidates for elected office.
   http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.asp?Ind=A02

» U.S. House Votes on Federal Tobacco Lawsuit Show Influence of Tobacco Campaign Contributions
   Analysis shows that House members who voted to protect the tobacco industry have taken over five times as much tobacco money as those voting to support the federal lawsuit.
   http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/doj/chart2a.shtml

» U.S. Support for Tobacco Overseas: Going Out of Business?
   Industry influence in different administrations is compared.
   http://www.afsa.org/fsj/Nov99/TobaccoTradeBeelman.cfm

» Undermining Popular Government: Tobacco Industry Political Expenditures in California, 1993-1994
   Documents how the tobacco industry influences law in California.
   http://www.ucsf.edu/campus/schmed/ihps/tobacco.html

» Victor Crawford on 60 Minutes
   Interview with ex-tobacco industry lobbyist Victor Crawford, on how the industry influences Washington.
   http://www.tobacco.org/News/95.04.05_Tob_News.html#aa33

» Warning: Philip Morris Wants Regulation
   Independent analysis of Philip Morris's call for regulation finds ways Philip Morris's proposed regulation would protect the industry, not the customer.
   http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0501-08.htm

» Washingtonpost.com: Big Tobacco Filters Into Campaign Coffers
   Many different ways an elected official can take tobacco money; this article summarizes.
   http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/stories/wa050898.htm