Web Directory

» Blowing Smoke Rings Around the Statehouses
   Washington Monthly article on tobacco industry lobbying in state legislatures.
   http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/archives/9605.mintz.html

» Influence of the Tobacco Industry on Wisconsin Tobacco Control Policies
   112 page report covers tobacco industry lobbying, influence on local and Wisconsin state government, influence on restaurant and private business, fighting clean indoor air, manipulating the media, and undermining science.
   http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/mep/departments/documents/fs_documents.html

» Philip Morris and Gifts to Legislators
   Short article on money and gifts accepted by Virginia legislators from Philip Morris, and pending tobacco issues before the Virginia legislature.
   http://www.people.vcu.edu/~jcsouth/on-the-lege-2000/project/philip-morris.htm

» Tobacco Industry Power and Influence in Florida
   Summary of recent research.
   http://www.cleanlungs.com/education/features/power.html

» Tobacco Institute Llobbying at the State and Local Levels of Government in the 1990s
   Paper in scientific journal examines money spent, purposes, and effectiveness of tobacco industry lobbying on state and city governments.
   http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/11/suppl_1/i102

» Tobacco Lobby Political Influence on US State Legislatures in the 1990s
   Research paper examines recently released tobacco industry documents, examines how the industry advanced a pro-tobacco agenda in state legislatures in the 1990s, analysis the industry's market and political motivations and strategies.
   http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/10/2/124

» Tobacco Money Buys Votes
   Common Cause Florida report examines how the tobacco industry uses campaign contributions to influence the legislative process in Florida.
   http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030824/COLUMNISTS0302/308240467/1110/EDIT

» Tobacco and Its Money Have Minority Allies in New York
   New York Times article covers Philip Morris and R. J. Reyolds money in Black and Hispanic organizations, and its influence on smoking and tobacco legislation.
   http://www.tcsg.org/tobacco/minorities/minoritymoney.htm