  On the Money Trail With GOP - http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96273&page=1
ABC News report says tobacco money gets tobacco lobbyists access in Washington. |
The Marlboro Hombres - http://www.westword.com/issues/1997-08-21/news4.html
Report on Costa Rica vacation enjoyed by two Colorado legislators, courtesy of Philip Morris. |
Pack Contributions: Tobacco lobbyists do a smokin' business with politicians - http://www.westword.com/issues/1997-10-02/news2.html
Recent reports identify Philip Morris as the single largest contributor to politicians. A report on Colorado politicians who've taken money, and what Big Tobacco has gotten in return. |
Air Tobacco: Campaign Travel on Tobacco Industry Jets - http://democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20040827161228-67574.pdf
Report on tobacco industry giving free jet travel to politicians. |
Philip Morris' Latest Smoke Screen - http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_29/b3741056.htm
BusinessWeek news analysis finds Philip Morris's call for FDA regulation "has little to do with health -- and a lot to do with self-interest." |
Involvement in the Political Process - http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/tobacco/politics.cfm
Once secret industry memos and documents address specific industry political efforts to defeat or preempt enactment of tobacco laws and regulations. |
The Lack Of Corporate Accountability - http://www.texnews.com/opinion97/molly051897.html
Column by Molly Ivans reviews PAC and soft money, including tobacco money, spent in 1997. |
Washingtonpost.com: Big Tobacco Filters Into Campaign Coffers - http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/stories/wa050898.htm
Many different ways an elected official can take tobacco money; this article summarizes. |
Tobacco Lobbying Outlays Soared in 1998 - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/tobacco/stories/outlays103098.htm
Covers money spent and industry resoures invested, e.g. putting 192 lobbyists into Washington, about one for every three members of Congress" Names the major lobbying firms and lobbyists used. |
Republican National Committees - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/president/guide/charts/rnpc.html
The tobacco industry is a top giver of "soft money" to both political parties, but lately Republicans have been getting about 80% of tobacco money. |
Kicking the (US) Habit - http://www.motherjones.com/news/update/2003/03/we_328_01.html
Despite months of diplomatic arm-twisting, the Bush administration's tobacco-friendly treaty demands have gone up in flames, and a strong Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is going forward. |
Secondhand Diplomacy - http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2003/03/ma_284_01.html
After closed-door meetings with cigarette makers, the Bush administration is seeking to derail a global tobacco treaty. |
The Quiet Victory of the Cigarette Lobby - http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/smoking/drewf.htm
Article originally published in 1965 in the Atlantic Monthly looks at the tobacco industry's power in Congress. |
California's Gov. Wilson Sabotaged Anti-Tobacco Effort, Groups Charge - http://www.monitor.net/monitor/free2/wilsontobacco.html
Article in the Christian Science Monitor covers Wilson's efforts. |
Tommy Thompson and Tobacco - http://www.tobacco.org/News/thompsonfull.html
Report on the tobacco money, tobacco record, and tobacco industry connections of Bush appointee Tommy Thompson, director of HHS, in charge of CDC, NCI, and the Surgeon General's office. |
Control of "Grasstops" Government - http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/dd/ddcontrolgrasstops.html
1993 Philip Morris memo reveals much about industry strategy and tactics for influencing government. |
Tobacco Institute Lobbying report for 1989 - http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/dd/ddproactive.html
Internal tobacco industry document outlines its lobbying activities in 1989 such as pre-empting local smokefree laws. |
Victor Crawford on 60 Minutes - http://www.tobacco.org/News/95.04.05_Tob_News.html#aa33
Interview with ex-tobacco industry lobbyist Victor Crawford, on how the industry influences Washington. |
Smoke and Mirrors: Tobacco Industry Influence on "Grassroots" - http://www.citizen.org/documents/smokeMirors.PDF
Public Citizen report on the tobacco industry's influence on the "grassroots" campaign for liability limits. |
Tobacco Industry Funded Campaign Against Wyoming Smokefree Restaurants - http://www.billingsgazette.com/wyoming/20000604_y3tobac.html
The tobacco industry funded more than three-quarters of a campaign against a proposed Wyoming restaurant smoking ban. |
Serious Money: The Top 100 Contributors - http://www.crp.org/pubs/bigpicture/top/bp.top100.2.html
The number one contributor to political parties in 1995-96 was Philip Morris, the largest tobacco company in the world. This report lists all of the top 100 contributors. |
Texans for Public Justice Lobby Watch - http://www.tpj.org/Lobby_Watch/lw.html
Reports on lobbying in the state of Texas include reports on tobacco industry activity: "Rove a Mile for a Camel", "Second-Hand Smoke", "Death Merchants Hire More Accomplices", "Philip Morris' Newest Smokers", "Health Hypocrisy", and "Tobacco Spends Big Bucks for Political Favor". |
Tobacco PAC money: how it works - http://www.crp.org/pubs/DIYkit/Smoking/preventive_teenage_smoking.htm
Report from the Center for Responsibe Politics on tobacco money taken by Congress and voting records on bills affecting the tobacco industry. |
CRP: Tobacco Tally - http://www.crp.org/pubs/tobaccotally.htm
Center for Responsive Politics has "a snapshot of what Big Tobacco is contributing to Congress, and who's getting the money". |
Jesse Helms's honeypot - http://www.russbaker.com/The%20Nation%20-%20Jesse%20Helm's%20Honeypot/The%20Nation%20-%20Jesse%20Helm's%20Honeypot.htm
Column by Russ Baker comments on the Helms Center, and why the tobacco industry is a heavy funder. |
The Tobacco Presidency - http://www.thegully.com/essays/US/politics_2001/010319tobacco_bush.html
Essay discusses the tobacco connections of George W. Bush. |
Tobacco: Political Issues - http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter32/table_of_contents_chap32.html
Chapter from the Tobacco Reference Guide covers tobacco lobbying and influencing in politics at the state, local, and federal (US) level. |
Molly Ivins on Tobacco Bill Death - http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98/n487/a03.html
Columnist Molly Ivans comments on the lobbying behind the death of the McCain tobacco bill. |
CorpWatch: Bush Administration Tobacco Industry Ties - http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=896
Article on the tobacco industry ties of senior members of the Bush administration. |
Top Recipients: Tobacco - http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.asp?Ind=A02
Identifies top takers of tobacco cash among candidates for elected office. |
Tobacco Political Action Committees, 2000 - http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/industry.asp?txt=A02&cycle=2000
Summary of political action committee giving by tobacco company, comes to about $2.4 million, broken down by company. |
Tobacco: Long Term Contribution Trends - http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?Ind=A02
Summarizes trends of $42 million of tobacco cash spent on political campaigns for 10 years. Broken out by party, and soft/PAC money. |
Top All-Time Givers To Congress: Philip Morris - http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.asp?ID=D000000067
Profile of Philip Morris, one of the top all-time givers of money to Congress, provides 12 year itemized totals, breakout by party and by year. |
Philip Morris is Top Contributor to GOP - http://www.opensecrets.org/pubs/toporgs/appendix.asp
Tobacco giant Philip Morris was the number one source of campaign money to the Republican party in the 2001-2002 election cycle, a report finds. |
Tobacco Lobying in 1997 and 1998 - http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=A02
Shows amounts spent by each tobacco company, both lobbying and campaign cash, for all election cycles since 1990. |
"Involvement in the Political Process" - http://www.oshd.org/tobacco/politics.cfm
Reviews court- released documents, mostly industry memos, that address specific industry political efforts to defeat or preempt enactment of laws and regulations. |
The Buying of the Congress - Transcripts, David Kessler - http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/BOC_T_DK.asp?L1=20&L2=26&L3=10&L4=22&L5=0&State=
Public Integrity interview with David Kessler, MD, Ph.D. Topics include tobacco industry lobbying, power, money, and strategies in Washington. |
The Buying of the Congress - Transcripts, Henry Waxman - http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/BOC_T_HW.asp?L1=20&L2=26&L3=10&L4=40&L5=0&State=
Public Integrity interview with Congressman Henry Waxman. Not entirely about tobacco, but substantial material. |
Regulating the Tobacco Industry: Congress Takes a Bye - http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/index.asp?L1=20&L2=26&L3=40&L4=10&L5=0
Public Integrity report on death of the McCain bill. |
U.S. House Votes on Federal Tobacco Lawsuit Show Influence of Tobacco Campaign Contributions - http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/doj/chart2a.shtml
Analysis shows that House members who voted to protect the tobacco industry have taken over five times as much tobacco money as those voting to support the federal lawsuit. |
Tobacco Industry Spent $10.6 Million to Lobby Congress in First Half of 2003 - http://tobaccofreekids.org/Script/DisplayPressRelease.php3?Display=706
As Congress conducted negotiations over major tobacco legislation for the first time in years, the tobacco industry spent over $10 million to lobby Congress, over $116,000 every day Congress was in sessoin. |
Tobacco Industry Spent More Than $20 Million to Lobby Congress in 2002 - http://tobaccofreekids.org/Script/DisplayPressRelease.php3?Display=682
New report totals that cash the tobacco industry spent to lobby Congress in 2002: over $100,000 per day every day Congress was in session, not even including campaign conributions. |
Buying Influence, Selling Death - http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/contributions/
Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids breaks down tobacco industry political spending by state, party, and soft versus hard money, and finds that Congress and political parties have taken more than $8 million in tobacco cash in the most recent election cycle. |
Warning: Philip Morris Wants Regulation - http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0501-08.htm
Independent analysis of Philip Morris's call for regulation finds ways Philip Morris's proposed regulation would protect the industry, not the customer. |
Tobacco Industry Attempts to Subvert European Union Tobacco Advertising Legislation - http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/tcpmi/EU2002/
Research report on tobacco industry programs aimed at defeating EU legislation governing tobacco advertising and promotion. |
The Tobacco Industry Successful Efforts to Control Tobacco Policy Making in Switzerland - http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/tcpmi/Swiss2001/
UCSF report. Executive summaries in German, English, and French. Full report in English. |
Industry Donations Favor Bush, Republican - http://www.jointogether.org/plugin.jtml?siteID=miph&p=1&Tab=News&Object_ID=264711
Philip Morris is the second biggest contributor to the GOP in the current election; Center for Reponsive Politics report identifies top 10 Congressional recipients of tobacco money |
U.S. Support for Tobacco Overseas: Going Out of Business? - http://www.afsa.org/fsj/Nov99/TobaccoTradeBeelman.cfm
Industry influence in different administrations is compared. |
Cancer Converts Tobacco Lobbyist - http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=76
Victor Crawford, retired tobacco industry lobbyist dying of cancer, gives a revealing interview on what he did for the industry. |
Cigarette Company Documents Outline Strategy to Derail Global Tobacco Treaty - http://www.public-i.org/report.aspx?aid=85&sid=200
British American Tobacco memos reveal the company's campaign to undermine international tobacco control measures. |
White House Sought to Soften Anti-Terrorism Legislation in Support of Tobacco Companies - http://www.public-i.org/report.aspx?aid=284&sid=100
As Congress passsed a bill aimed at cracking down on terrorists, tobacco lobbyists tried to insert language into the measure that would protect the tobacco industry from lawsuits; Public Integrity reports. |
Big Tobacco's Dollars Douse Push for Fire-Safe Cigarettes - http://www.no-smoking.org/jan98/01-01-98-2.html
LATimes article. |
George W. Bush: Calling for Philip Morris - http://www.no-smoking.org/oct99/10-22-99-3.html
Article in The Nation covers George W. Bush's tobacco connections, his record on tobacco. |
Politicians Getting Indirect Tobacco Money - http://www.no-smoking.org/may98/05-08-98-5.html
Washington Post article shows how tobacco money streams into policians through stealth channels, such as Kraft foods for Philip Morris. |
Tobacco Lobbying Continues - http://no-smoking.org/oct01/10-23-01-1.html
"Each day that Congress meets, the nation's four largest cigarette manufacturers spend more than $100,000 pushing their agenda on Capitol Hill." News article explains how the money is spent. |
Big Tobacco's Front Groups for Tort Reform - http://www.centerjd.org/lib/cala.htm
Tobacco industry documents show how the industry created and funded dozens of front groups. |
Big Tobacco and Astroturf - http://www.centerjd.org/press/stories/tobacco.htm
Tobacco industry documents show how the industry creates and uses fake grass-roots groups ("astroturf") to lobby. |
Tobacco Wars: Canada - http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/300/cdn_medical_association/cmaj/vol-156/issue-2/0237.htm
Article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal describes the tobacco industry's power in Canada. |
The Struggle centred on Brussels - http://www.health.fi/smoke2html/Pages/Smoke2-49.html#HEADING49-0
Industry lobbying in Europe focusses its efforts in Brussels; Philip Morris is the strongest player, putting 40 lawyers into place to lobby 20 Commissioners, for example. |
Hedrick Smith Productions: The People and the Power Game - http://hedricksmith.com/PBSDoc/thePeopleAndThePowerGame.shtml
1996 mini series examining the power of the media and lobby groups including the tobacco industry lobbies. Offers press/viewer reactions to the series and information on how to buy the film. |
Tobacco Industry Activity in the U.S. - http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/state.html
Reports on industry activity by state; extensive and recent reports available for Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. |
Undermining Popular Government: Tobacco Industry Political Expenditures in California, 1993-1994 - http://www.ucsf.edu/campus/schmed/ihps/tobacco.html
Documents how the tobacco industry influences law in California. |
Pro-tobacco lobbying expenditures - http://www.ucsf.edu/campus/schmed/ihps/Lobby.html
1992 data briefly examined. |
Tobacco firms Dip Deep to Lobby Hard - http://204.27.188.70/daily/09-96/09-09-96/a01wn012.htm
A.P. reporting on industry lobbying. |
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