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The Cigarette Papers Open in a new browser windowEditor's Pick
   Book on what the Brown and Williamson documents reveal about B&W, cigarettes, smoking, and the tobacco industry. Entire book now available free, online.
   http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/cigpapers/

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Joe Camel Campaign Open in a new browser window  
   In the litigation Mangini v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Collection, R.J. Reynolds and its advertising agencies were ordered to produce several million pages of documents regarding the design and implementation of the Joe Camel Campaign. Some of the mo
   http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/mangini
The Cigarette Papers Open in a new browser window  
   A "webumentary" documenting what the industry knew and when they knew it, in their own words, and what they did to hide their knowledge, and to get their customers to doubt the dangers of smoking.
   http://pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/smoke/webumentary/TEXT/The_Cig_Papers/CP.1
Addicted to Profit: Big Tobacco's Expanding Global Reach Open in a new browser window  
   "Big picture" presentation: money, power, addiction, sales, and how it plays out in different countries.
   http://www.essentialaction.org/addicted/addicted.html
Big Tobacco Infiltrated UN Agencies Open in a new browser window  
   World Health Organisation report says tobacco industry sabotaged WHO tobacco control efforts.
   http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/tncs/2000/tobacco.htm
AS3 Archives: The Cigarette Company Mentality Collection Open in a new browser window  
   Archive of industry quotes, public and private.
   http://www.swen.uwaterloo.ca/~as3/archive/archive.html
DeNoble: Tobacco Industry Chooses Money Over Lives Open in a new browser window  
   Victor DeNoble, a former researcher for Philip Morris, shares his experience.
   http://www.nd.edu/~observer/09141999/News/2.html
Tobacco Company CEOs Declare Under Oath that Nicotine is Not Addictive Open in a new browser window  
   Transcript of the famous congressional hearings in which 7 tobacco CEOs declared that nicotine is not addictive.
   http://www.jeffreywigand.com/insider/7ceos.html
No Sale: 5. Legislative Recommendations Open in a new browser window  
   "Faced with the prospect that state laws may be strengthened, the tobacco industry initiated a campaign to avert effective reform by enacting its own weaker proposals, designed to give the false appearance of reform without effecting meaningful chan
   http://stic.neu.edu/trri/No_Sale/pt5.htm
Tobacco Industry Sponsorship in the United States Open in a new browser window  
   Public health report documents the nature and extent of tobacco industry sponsorship of events and organizations; 304 separate sponsorships identified during the period 1995-1999.
   http://dcc2.bumc.bu.edu/tobacco/
Tobacco industry undermines public health efforts worldwide Open in a new browser window  
   Documentation on tobacco industry PR, junk science, campaign contributions, lobbying, advertising and product promotion. Features story of how the U.S. Trade Representative, on behalf of Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, helped force Japan, South
   http://www.infact.org/health.html
Trust Us: We're the Tobacco Industry Open in a new browser window  
   Concise guide to the millions of pages of confidential tobacco industry documents released through litigation in the United States; reveals what was going on behind closed doors in the tobacco companies.
   http://www.ash.org.uk/html/conduct/html/trustus.html
Australian Tobacco Industry Internal Documents Open in a new browser window  
   Australian researcher presents internal tobacco industry documents on: advertising, targeting children; confusing the public on smoking and health; funding scientists, doctors, and consultants; secondhand smoke; plain packaging and health warnings; corpor
   http://www.health.usyd.edu.au/tobacco/ozdocs.html
Inside Quotes from the Tobacco Industry Open in a new browser window  
   Brought to you by the Oklahoma Department of Health.
   http://www.health.state.ok.us/program/tobac/quotes.htm
Committee on the Judiciary - Humphrey Statement Open in a new browser window  
   Statement by Minnesota Attorney General Humbert Humphrey III before the House Judiciary Committee on tobacco policy and the June 20th settlement. "All the tobacco industry asks you to do, Mr. Chairman, is to guarantee them decades of prosperity...Mem
   http://www.house.gov/judiciary/10119.htm
Don't Be Fooled Again Report Open in a new browser window  
   "Welcome to a new era of cooperation" as B&W Tobacco put it on March 1998. A kinder, gentler, tobacco industry? This report from Public Citizen is skeptical.
   http://www.citizen.org/Tobacco/fooled.htm
Pervasive Influence of the Tobacco Industry Open in a new browser window  
   Report from National Network for Health outlines economic, political, legal, and marketing power of the industry.
   http://www.nnh.org/tobacco/a-8-2.htm
The Tobacco Reference Guide: The Tobacco Industry Open in a new browser window  
   Book chapter provides quotes and facts; all sources cited.
   http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter29/table_of_contents_chap29.html
American Heart Association: Tobacco Industry's Economic and Political Influence Open in a new browser window  
   AHA shows how tobacco companies have used their economic power to wield considerable influence on the political process.
   http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11224
Trinkets and Trash Open in a new browser window  
   Gallery of cigarette ads and tobacco industry promotional items: t-shirts, caps, radios, and a wide variety of other items designed by tobacco companies to sell cigarettes, spit tobacco, and cigars.
   http://www.trinketsandtrash.org/
FDA Report On Nicotine In Cigarettes Open in a new browser window  
   Features "Industry Statements on Nicotine's Drug Effects" and "Industry Manipulation and control of nicotine delivery".
   http://www.fda.gov/bbs/tobacinfo/juristoc.html
McSpotlight on the Tobacco Industry Open in a new browser window  
   Which tobacco company also makes Maxwell House coffee? Which is the largest tobacco company in the world? This site has answers.
   http://www.mcspotlight.org/beyond/tobacco.html
Washingtonpost.com: Tobacco Industry News Open in a new browser window  
   Collection of stories published in the Washington Post.
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/tobaccoindus.htm
Philip Morris: Death, Disease, and Duplicity Open in a new browser window  
   Rundown on tobacco giant Philip Morris, the largest tobacco company in the world. Features a section on its advertising abroad.
   http://www.ratical.com/corporations/mm10worst94.html#n8
Smoke in the Eye Open in a new browser window  
   "The Insider" is about Jeff Wigand, CBS, and Big Tobacco. A documentary covering the facts behind the movie.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/smoke/index.html
Criminal Investigation Of The Tobacco Industry, Clifford E. Douglas Open in a new browser window  
   Douglas is the President of Tobacco Control Law & Policy Consulting. Speech given to the Northeastern University School Of Law.
   http://www.tobacco.org/Misc/980531douglas.html
Choking In Their Own Smoke Open in a new browser window  
   Article on recent tobacco ligigation covers "tactics used by tobacco companies to intimidate people out of filing suit".
   http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4125412%255E20741,00.html
Tobacco Industry Backgrounder Open in a new browser window  
   Tobacco Industry Under Siege, from Facts on File.
   http://www.facts.com/wnd/tbclst.htm
Manipulation: The Story of Imperial Tobacco and its Cigarettes Open in a new browser window  
   A history of Canadian tobacco giant Imperial Tobacco; incorporates information from recently released industry documents.
   http://www.smoke-free.ca/documents/Manipulation1.htm
Spiking Tobacco: How to Keep Smokers Hooked Open in a new browser window  
   About.com Guide. Documentation on how tobacco companies manipulate tobacco to keep smokers hooked.
   http://quitsmoking.about.com/health/quitsmoking/library/weekly/aa071999.htm?iam=mt
Tobacco, A Vector Analysis Open in a new browser window  
   Medical bulletin. "The world's most widespread, serious infection is spread by its vector: the tobacco industry. Public health advocates must study the life patterns of the tobacco industry as they would any other disease vector."
   http://www.medicusmundi.ch/bulletin/bulletin723.htm
Statements of Former Philip Morris Employees Open in a new browser window  
   CourtTV provides statements of Ian Uydess, William Farone, and Jerome Rivers. Covers nicotine manipulation, nicotine impact boosting, and research conducted by Philip Morris on nicotine addiction.
   http://www.courttv.com/legaldocs/business/tobacco/statements.html
Tobacco Facts Open in a new browser window  
   From British Columbia, lots of information on smoking and the tobacco industry in Canada.
   http://www.tobaccofacts.org/
Health Warning: Low Tar Cigarettes are a Deliberate Con Open in a new browser window  
   From Action on Smoking and Health in the UK. Covers emissions, smoker compensation, differences between expectations and reality for low tar cigarettes, and what the industry knew and how it behaved.
   http://www.ash.org.uk/?bigone
The Truth about Big Tobacco in Its Own Words Open in a new browser window  
   Editorial in the British Medical Journal urges opening of the Guildford depository of tobacco industry documents and explains what we've learned already from industry documents.
   http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7257/313
Tobacco equals Death Open in a new browser window  
   Observations and comments on tobacco and tobacco marketing, in particular in Hong Kong.
   http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/tobacco/tobacco.html
The Hazards Of Tobacco Companies Open in a new browser window  
   Article from environmental newsletter; mostly on industry media campaigns on secondhand smoke; some information on industry litigation and PR.
   http://www.monitor.net/rachel/r321.html
Frontline: inside the tobacco deal Open in a new browser window  
   Interview with Dr. David Kessler.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/settlement/interviews/kessler.html
Tobacco Industry Pressured Insurance Cos. Open in a new browser window  
   "When insurance companies started offering reduced premiums to nonsmokers in the late 1970s, cigarette makers fought them, industry documents show." The story from Channel 4000, WCCO.
   http://www.channel11000.com/news/stories/news-980727-154744.html
The Special Privileges of Tobacco Open in a new browser window  
   Tobacco industry use of lawyers to hide research.
   http://www.lectlaw.com/filesh/zbk01.htm
Big Tobacco Accused of Destroying Evidence Open in a new browser window  
   Washington post article covers tobacco industry document shredding, attempts to discredit anti-smoking activists, and attempts to bribe health officials.
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A6138-2001Dec6
Tobacco Industry's Smoke Screen Blown Open in a new browser window  
   Report on tobacco industry tactics to attack WHO atni-tobacco efforts including: secretly paying individuals to attack WHO in the media; using paid contacts to infiltrate WHO committees and divert funds away from tobacco control; using paid scientists an
   http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20000802/07
eye - The Cigarette Papers Open in a new browser window  
   New evidence shows how Canadian tobacco companies marketed to minors, and manipulated nicotine. Article from Eye magazine.
   http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_12.16.99/news/cigarettes.html
The Tobacco Industry's Use of Nicotine as a Drug Open in a new browser window  
   ACSH report by Clifford Douglas.
   http://www.acsh.org/publications/reports/tobind.html
Memo to Commerce Committee on Tobacco Documents Open in a new browser window  
   Memo from John Dingell, ranking member, to Democratic members of the House Commerce Committee, on the subpeonaed tobacco documents. Provides overview of what the documents reveal about industry manipulation, lobbying, litigation, PR, and lawyer control o
   http://www.house.gov/commerce_democrats/comdem/press/105mem01.htm
Tobacco Industry Witnesses on Whether Smoking Causes Lung Cancer Open in a new browser window  
   Tobacco industry witnesses who argued against restrictions on secondhand smoke were asked if firsthand smoke, smoking cigarettes, causes lung cancer. These are their answers.
   http://www.tobacco.org/Misc/oshaglantz.html
A Frank Statement Open in a new browser window  
   On January 4, 1954, in response to continuing scientific reports on the health effects of smoking, the tobacco industry published this ad in more than 400 newspapers. It was a seminal moment in the history of tobacco, and also of public relations.
   http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/dd/ddfrankstatement.html
bmj.com Philip Morris memo Open in a new browser window  
   Formerly secret memo describes Philip Morris's programs to influence the political and scientific process in Europe in the 1990s.
   http://www.bmj.com/misc/philipmemo.shtml
Smoking Gun Open in a new browser window  
   What's the biggest tobacco stock you've never heard of? Try Wal-Mart. Forbes article explains.
   http://www.forbes.com/forbes/00/0821/6605054a.htm
Big Tobacco Bounces Back Open in a new browser window  
   "Philip Morris et al. are recasting themselves as kinder, gentler companies concerned about their communities. Meanwhile, they're strong-arming the TV networks to block counter-ads which might persuade you otherwise."
   http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/tncs/phmor.htm
The Tobacco Industry in the UK Open in a new browser window  
   ASH-UK factsheet. Covers the major companies, market share, their promotional activities, related organizations.
   http://www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact18.html
The Tobacco Industry Open in a new browser window  
   ASH Australia compilation of tobacco industry practices.
   http://www.ashaust.org.au/lv3/Lv3resources_tobacco_industry.htm
Diary of Denial Open in a new browser window  
   An Australian history of tobacco industry denials about the health effects of smoking, addictiveness of nicotine and marketing of tobacco products to children.
   http://www.health.usyd.edu.au/tobacco/diaryofd.html
Industry Spy Poses as A Science Writer - for 35 years [06/03/99] Open in a new browser window  
   A tobacco public relations man, masquerading as a journalist, spied on "anti-tobacco" science, scientists, and scientific organizations for more than a third of a century.
   http://no-smoking.org/june99/06-03-99-3.html
CBC News - Indepth: Smoking Up a Storm Open in a new browser window  
   Interviews with tobacco whisteblower Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, and a tobacco industry PR representative.
   http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/smoking/insider.html
Failed Promises of the Cigarette Industry and its Effect on Consumer Misperceptions about the Health Risks of Smoking Open in a new browser window  
   Research reviews the public statements made by the tobacco industry and private statements inside the industry, assesses the extent to which cigarette companies fulfilled their 1954 promises, and evaluates the effect on consumer knowledge of the product.
   http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/11/suppl_1/i110
Taking on Tobacco Open in a new browser window  
   Audio interview with David Kessler; requires RealPlayer.
   http://archives.theconnection.org/archive/2001/02/0213a.shtml
Selling Death: Tobacco's Strategy for Survival Open in a new browser window  
   Article by Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan on how an industry that sells an inherently dangerous product survives in America in the health conscious 1990s.
   http://www.acsh.org/publications/priorities/0602/strategy.html
Warning: Tobacco Shares Best Suited to Industry Loyalists Open in a new browser window  
   Investment column.
   http://www.thestreet.com/markets/marketfeatures/933545.html
Evidence to the House of Commons Health Select Committee Inquiry into the Conduct of the Tobacco Industry Open in a new browser window  
   Report by ASH-UK and the Royal College of Nursing on tobacco industry conduct; draws heavily on internal industry documents; focus on industry duplicity, particularly regarding addiction and low tar cigarettes.
   http://www.ash.org.uk/html/conduct/html/evidence.html
The Manufacturer of This Product May Have Engaged in Cover-Ups, Lies, and Concealment Open in a new browser window  
   Legal scholarship, extensively footnoted, provides examples of tobacco industry concealment.
   http://www.law.indiana.edu/ilj/v73/no1/mabry.html
Law News Network -- Scathing Opinion in Smoking Case Open in a new browser window  
   Judge Munter says the evidence proves that Philip Morris waged a campaign to addict teen-agers and conspired to hide the health consequences of smoking from the public.
   http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=A537-1999Apr6&live=true&cst=1&pc=0&pa=0
Our Good Friend, the Governor Open in a new browser window  
   Mother Jones article on tobacco industry influence on government in general, and Philip Morris influence specifically.
   http://www.mojones.com/mother_jones/MJ96/stone1.html
Shameful Science: The Continuing Saga Open in a new browser window  
   Supplement covers Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds actions from 1992 to late 1998, plus some older documents that have come to light.
   http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/docs/secretdocs/0004verband.html
Tobacco Industry Pressured Insurance Companies Open in a new browser window  
   Story on tobacco industry pressure on insurance companies to drop nonsmoker rates.
   http://www.channel7000.com/news/stories/news-980727-154744.html
Former Surgeon General: Big Tobacco Attacked Efforts to Safeguard Public Open in a new browser window  
   The tobacco industry refused to cooperate with government efforts to reduce deaths and disease caused by smoking, the surgeon general under former President Jimmy Carter testified.
   http://www.onlineathens.com/1998/102298/1022.a3tobacco.html
Concentration of Power Open in a new browser window  
   Section from report on the tobacco industry examines where power is concentrated in the tobacco industry.
   http://www.soc.duke.edu/~s142tm12/ConcentrationofPower.html
PR Watch: Why Philip Morris Hates Trial Lawyers Open in a new browser window  
   Short item on tobacco giant Philip Morris, how it litigates, how it lobbies.
   http://www.prwatch.org/prw_issues/1996-Q3/philip.html
Monitoring and Countering Tobacco Industry Influence Open in a new browser window  
   Seession from health conference addresses political and economic influence of the tobacco industry, its effects, and public health responses.
   http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_3330.htm
Daily Doc: Philip Morris aggression Open in a new browser window  
   Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals started marketing Nicorette gum in the early 1980s. In response, Philip Morris ceased all of its humectant purchases from Dow, and let them know why.
   http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/dd/ddpmagg.html
The tobacco industry in Australia Open in a new browser window  
   Chapter in book on smoking covers tobacco industry structure, financials, lobbying tactics, public relations, and liability.
   http://www.quit.org.au/quit/FandI/fandi/c14.htm