Big Tobacco’s Effort to Exploit Terrorism to Get Legal Cover
This three-page document dated November 15, 2001, from Philip Morris’ online corporate document collection, argues that the federal government would […]
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Advertising, Corruption, Economics, Ethics, Front groups, Grassroots advocacy, Health, Lobbying, Media, Secrecy, Tobacco
Big Tobacco’s Ties to Funding of Prop. 29 Opposition Exposed
An NBC investigative team has exposed historical and financial ties between many of the supposedly independent groups actively opposing Proposition
The Average Soda is 6 Times Bigger Than in the 1950s?
The average fast food restaurant meal today is over four times bigger than it was in the 1950s, according to
Tobacco Companies Work in Secret to Defeat California’s Proposition 29
A pitched battle is on over California’s Proposition 29, a measure on the statewide ballot to raise the cigarette tax
Skechers Pays $40 Million for Deceptively Advertising “Butt Toning” Shoes
Skechers, the maker of those roly-poly “toning shoes” that were a big craze back in 2010, will shell out $40
“Robin Hood Tax” Proposal Gains Global Support
Nurses led a rally in Chicago May 18 ahead the NATO summit to boost the idea of instituting a “Robin
Clean, Sustainable Energy vs. Fracking Colorado
A guest post by Michele Swensen The week prior to Senator Morgan Carroll’s May 2 introduction of SB 107 (The
The Bottled Water Scam
People who buy bottled water pay up to 1,900 times what tap water costs, but get less access to key
Bizarre Ideas to Sell More Smokes from Philip Morris
This 1987 Philip Morris brainstorming document is full of bizarre ideas for how to make cigarettes more appealing and marketable
Abbott Labs Pays $1.6 Billion for Illegal Drug Marketing
Abbott Laboratories, the maker of Ensure, PaediaSure, Similac and Vicodin, pled guilty to misbranding and illegally marketing its drug Depakote.
Advertising, Economics, Ethics, Front groups, Health, Lobbying, Media, politics, Tobacco
Female, African-American Doctor Backs Tobacco Industry in New Ad
The tobacco industry’s front group, “Californians Against Out-of-Control Taxes and Spending,” is spending millions to run a 30-second TV ad
Citizens Battle Telecomm Lobby in DeKalb County, Georgia
After residents of DeKalb County, Georgia actively opposed plans by T-Mobile and AT&T to build telecommunications towers on the grounds
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How to Search Online Tobacco Industry Documents
A video by Marty Otañez, Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Denver Smoking Gun from Marty Otañez on Vimeo.
Can Wall Street Fund Universal Healthcare in U.S.?
Over a thousand activists including members of National Nurses United marched in New York City April 26 to demand the
BP Ads Say Everything’s Great in the Gulf; Fisherman Report Sicknesses, Deformed Sea Life
Two years after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is running ads on TV promoting tourism
Philip Morris and Monsanto Sued over Birth Defects in Tobacco Farmers’ Children
Tobacco farmers in Argentina filed a lawsuit (pdf) against Monsanto and Philip Morris for requiring them to use herbicides and pesticides
“Clergy for Choice” Calls for 40 Days of Prayer for Abortion Rights
A religious group in Humboldt County, California is initiating a new, pro-choice grassroots movement in support of abortion rights called