Major League Baseball’s Psuedo Anti-Cancer Ads
The first game of Major League Baseball’s World Series was filled with ads promoting MLB’s association with a group called Stand […]
Tobacco
Exposed: Sweet Lies from the Sugar Industry
The November/December issue of Mother Jones magazine has an explosive new analysis of more than 1,500 pages of internal documents
Under Mitt Romney, Bain Made Millions on Tobacco
Mitt Romney’s former company, Bain Capital, may refuse to make public the clients it has served, but now previously-secret tobacco
How Corporations Influence the Media
How do corporations influence entire media markets? A 1995 Philip Morris (PM) document shows one way in which corporations work
Finally, A Law Firm that Helps the Beleaguered Working Class
An entirely new kind of law firm has opened up in Washington, D.C. and New York City. Its stated mission
RJR’s “Project SCUM” Targeted Gays, the Homeless, Immigrants and Youth
This post is part of our ongoing series exploring the millions of previously-secret tobacco industry documents now available on
Colorado Restaurant Association Does Tobacco Industry’s Bidding Again
Citizens of Lakewood, Colorado, this spring pushed to enact a stricter smoking ordinance in their city, but met resistance from
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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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
R.J. Reynolds’ “Salem Black Initiative,” 1989
This 1989 R.J. Reynolds marketing report summarizes a company brainstorming session to find ways to increase sales of Salem cigarettes 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
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
Memo Exposes Huge PR Campaign to Attack Wind and Solar Industries
A group of energy industry-affiliated, right-wing groups is readying a massive PR plan to try and turn American public opinion
ALEC: Big Tobacco’s “Third-Party” Ally
Tobacco industry documents reveal that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has abetted the failure of state legislatures to take
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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
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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.
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
Transnational Tobacco Companies Target Poor Countries
A new study reveals PR strategies transnational tobacco companies use behind the scenes to derail, delay and undermine public health