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» 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.
   http://www.atimes.com/japan-econ/AK18Dh01.html

» 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.
   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10343882?dopt=Abstract

» 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.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1858258.stm

» States Hooked on Tobacco Money
   State governments work to protect Big Tobacco: Wall Street Journal article.
   http://reclaimdemocracy.org/weekly_2003/state_tobacco_dependence.html

» Still Waiting to Exhale
   Public Citizen 1998 report subtitled: "Do Nothing" Republican leaders do their thing for Big Tobacco contributors.
   http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/prod_liability/tobacco/articles.cfm?ID=5796

» 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.
   http://www.afsa.org/fsj/Nov99/TobaccoTradeBeelman.cfm