Surf these sites: ''Insider'' slams Canadian tobacco firms -- Mr. Wigand said, "The tobacco industry -- whether it''s in Canada, or in Brazil or in Japan -- all know they''re in the nicotine delivery business. And they''ve designed the cigarette to deliver an addictive amount of nicotine. That''s what they do. They have told people that''s not true. And so you have this duplicity." A Frank Statement -- 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. AMA: in their own words -- Quotes from tobacco industry documents, formerly secret. What the industry says in private on nicotine, addiction, and profits. Addicted to Profit: Big Tobacco''s Expanding Global Reach -- "Big picture" presentation: money, power, addiction, sales, and how it plays out in different countries. American Heart Association: Tobacco Industry''s Economic and Political Influence -- AHA shows how tobacco companies have used their economic power to wield considerable influence on the political process. American Heart Association: Tobacco Industry''s Targeting of Youth, Minorities, and Woman -- The "Joe Camel" advertising campaign and more. AHA on how the tobacco industry goes after youth, minorities, and women. CDC''s Tobacco Industry Documents Web Resource -- Organized set of (formerly secret) tobacco industry documents; some searchable, some displayable. CJR - ABC, Philip Morris and the Infamous Apology -- Columbia Journalism Review on how Big Tobacco intimidates journalists. CJR - Darts & Laurels, Jan/Feb 1993 -- (Search for "Burning Issues"). In the 1970s "twenty-six bioscientists who were studying the link between smoking and disease were suddenly fired by R.J. Reynolds after company lawyers had collected their laboratory reports; the research was never made public and was never resumed". Meanwhile Reynolds, with the rest of the tobacco industry, continued to maintain that the link between smoking and disease was "not proven" and "more research was needed". CJR - Darts and Laurels, Jan/Feb 95 -- How the tobacco industry promotes spit tobacco, particularly to kids; how the industry organizes fake grass-roots groups to oppose smokefree public places; how the industry intimidated California TV stations from running a tough anti-smoking ad; and how the Weekly Reader, owned by the controlling shareholder of R.J. Reynolds, ran an industry PR piece on the "unfairness" of smokefree laws. Caring for the customer -- Article from New Scientist magazine. Cigarette manufacturers abandoned dozens of technologies that could have reduced the death toll from their products. Cig Lies Raise New Questions -- "While the cigarette industry promised to fearlessly research and publish any and all evidence that might show smoking''s hazards, they in fact used their front organizations, particularly the Council for Tobacco Research (CTR) in New York, to cast doubt on what had become an overwhelming, scientific conclusion." Cigarette ingredients: Manufacturers acknowledge use of poisons -- Among the cigarettes with arsenic, cadmium, ammonia, and formaldehyde were Winstons, made by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Winstons are advertised as "no-additive" cigarettes in part of what the company has referred to as a "No Bull" campaign. Cigarettes Killed The Marlboro Man -- David McClean, who was the Marlboro Man for Philip Morris, died of lung cancer caused by smoking. The text of his widow''s lawsuit against Philip Morris provides information on industry conduct over the years. Committee on the Judiciary - Humphrey Statement -- 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...Members of this Committee, you don''t need Philip Morris'' blessing to proceed." Criminal Investigation Of The Tobacco Industry, Clifford E. Douglas -- Douglas is the President of Tobacco Control Law & Policy Consulting. Speech given to the Northeastern University School Of Law. Dave Goerlitz, former Winston Man -- Goerlitz was a lead model for Winston cigarettes during the 1980''s. In 1988, he began a personal journey to try to undo the damage his ads have done in addicting young people to tobacco products. His message is: (1) the ads are lies, (2) tobacco use will not make you "cool" or a success as the ads promise DayOne broadcast on tobacco industry. -- Transcript of the DayOne show on nicotine manipulation by the tobacco industry. Does the tobacco industry encourage kids to shoplift? -- Feature article on Colorado attorney general Gale Norton, who''s investigating whether "tobacco companies know cigarettes are regularly stolen by minors -- and they''re paying big money to make sure convenience stores and other retailers don''t do anything about it, as part of an effort to hook kids on smoking." Don''t Be Fooled Again Report -- "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. Exporting addiction? -- Article from the Charlotte Observer; industry activity in Japan and worldwide. Exposé ''Journalist'' Conned Colleagues For 35 Years as Spy for Tobacco -- "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. He spied on newsmen and newswomen, too." FAIR: Smoke Screens: When Journalists Boost the Tobacco Industry, Follow the Money -- Article on how media companies give credence to dubious information on tobacco from sources who are close to the industry. FDA Report On Nicotine In Cigarettes -- Features "Industry Statements on Nicotine''s Drug Effects" and "Industry Manipulation and control of nicotine delivery". Filtering Out the Bad News About Smoking -- Cigarette companies have a history of trying to keep the facts about the dangers of smoking from the American public. Now, formerly secret industry documents offer a vivid example of Big Tobacco''s manipulation of the truth. Former Winston Man cautions students about tobacco industry smokescreen -- Dave Goerlitz, a former Winston Man, says "My job wasn''t to get adults to start smoking. My job was to see how many 9, 10 and 11 years old we could get smoking or chewing." Frontline: inside the tobacco deal -- Interview with Dr. David Kessler. Giving the Party Line, part I -- Philip Morris training manual. Tobacco industry PR responses can sometimes be traced to this, word for word. Giving the party line, part II -- Second part of Philip Morris training manual. What to say if people ask you if your product is addictive, if it kills its customers, if it gives diseases to people near its customers. Health Select Committee Inquiry into the Conduct of the Tobacco Industry -- UK look at the tobacco industry. Health Warning: Low Tar Cigarettes are a Deliberate Con -- 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. How The American Tobacco Industry Employs PR Scum To Continue Its Murderous Assault On Human Lives -- Article in the Desert Evening News. The rise of tobacco industry parallels the rise of the PR industry. Longtime PR industry watcher John Stauber has the details. How the Industry Argues That Nicotine Is Not Addictive -- Analysis of the industry argument that nicotine is not addictive. Extensive documentation on how industry PR misleads and confuses the public about the science, on a critical issue: addiction. Industry Activity around the World -- Interviews with advocates on industry activity in Canada, Hong Kong, Poland, and Thailand. Inside Quotes from the Tobacco Industry -- Brought to you by the Oklahoma Department of Health. JAMA: Table 1A, Jul 19 JAMA. 1995;274:219-224] (c) AMA 1996 -- JAMA: Public vs. Private Statements Made by the Tobacco Industry: Nicotine and Addiction; Low Tar Cigarettes; Industry Research and PR. Compares what the tobacco industry said privately with what it told the public, the Congress, and its customers. JAMA: Table 1B, Jul 19 JAMA. 1995;274:219-224] (c) AMA 1996 -- Public vs Private Statements Made by the Tobacco Industry: Smoking and Disease: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s. Succinct chart compares what the industry said in public with what it said in private. JAMA: Table 1C, Jul 19 JAMA. 1995;274:219-224] (c) AMA 1996 -- Public vs Private Statements Made by the Tobacco Industry: Cancer; causation; secondhand smoke. Example: internal Brown and Williamson Tobacco document in 1986: "involuntary smoking is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, in health nonsmokers"; public statements by the industry at the same time: "environmental tobacco smoke has not been shown to cause lung cancer in nonsmokers". Joe Camel Campaign -- 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 most important documents from that are now available here. Judge Munter''s order -- After the jury found Philip Morris guilty in the Henley trial, the defendant asked the judge for a new trial. Judge Munter made a number of points in his ruling against Philip Morris. The ruling is here. Lost Empire: The Fall of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company -- Series from the Winston-Salem Journal Now series covering RJR. Lots of material. Manipulation: The Story of Imperial Tobacco and its Cigarettes -- A history of Canadian tobacco giant Imperial Tobacco; incorporates information from recently released industry documents. McSpotlight on the Tobacco Industry -- Which tobacco company also makes Maxwell House coffee? Which is the largest tobacco company in the world? This site has answers. Multinational Monitor: The Tobacco Papers -- Formerly secret industry documents. "Buying votes, buying friends" tobacco industry political influence; Big Tobacco and the Law; Big Tobacco goes global; Smoking Guns I: Marketing to Kids; Smoking Guns II: Nicotine Manipulation. Nicotine ''fortified'' to lure smokers -- Ottawa Citizen Online; a look at the industry in Canada. "The tobacco industry conducted intensive research on ways to ''fortify'' and ''enhance'' the nicotine in cigarettes so addicted smokers would keep buying the product, newly released documents reveal...the documents poke a hole in the core argument long used by the industry: the claim that their marketing was not designed to persuade non-smokers to smoke, but merely to convince current ''adult'' smokers to switch brands." No Sale: 5. Legislative Recommendations -- "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 change." OncoLink: Congress told Tobacco Firm Suppressed Findings on Nicotine -- OncoLink summarizes the testimony of two former tobacco industry scientists: the tobacco industry conducted research on nicotine, then covered it up. OncoLink: The Control and Manipulation of Nicotine and Cigarettes -- 1994 news article. Kessler report on how the tobacco industry controls and manipulates nicotine in its product. Phil Hilts: The Tobacco Wars -- Talk by New York Times reporter Phil Hilts at Harvard University. How the tobacco industry intimidates journalists, critics, and the media; tobacco history; how the tobacco industry uses PR to influence attitudes of the public and of lawmakers. Excellent. Philip Morris: Death, Disease, and Duplicity -- Rundown on tobacco giant Philip Morris, the largest tobacco company in the world. Features a section on its advertising abroad. Physician: Tobacco industry habitually spins research results -- The tobacco industry systematically distorted research to confuse smokers about the product''s dangers and prevent them from quitting. This according to John Holbrook, who has written the chapter on smoking in a widely used medical textbook. PioneerPlanet: Minnesota tobacco litigation -- The site details Minnesota''s and Blue Cross/Blue Shield''s lawsuit against the tobacco industry. Includes St. Paul Pioneer Press articles and links to other resources. RJR and Rose Cipollone -- Article from the Winston-Salem Journal series on R.J. Reynolds, covering the Cipollone case, and the significance of the industry documents that came out during that trial. RJR history: the early 60''s -- Summary of the critical years of the early 60''s, when it became clear that the product was killing the customers. What was the industry''s response? What did government do? Review of R.J.R.''s Internal Documents Produced in Mangini vs. R.J.R. -- The suit that brought the end of Joe Camel also produced some very interesting documents, formerly tobacco industry secrets, which reveal exactly how, why, and when R. J. Reynolds designed the Joe Camel campaign. Find out what kids are worth to the tobacco industry. Science Writers: Tobacco Industry Turns Heat On -- How the tobacco industry harrasses journalists and the media to prevent them from running, or get them to water down, stories on tobacco. Secret Tobacco Documents -- from the Tobacco BBS, a great collection of links to (formerly) secret tobacco industry documents. What the industry says in private continues to be a highly revealing guide to how smoking spreads across the globe. Secrets of BAT Industries -- "Inside the restricted laboratory compound on the south coast of England, five senior scientists for BAT Industries, the world''s second-biggest cigarette maker, were devising ways to make it harder for people to quit smoking..." Smoke in the Eye -- "The Insider" is about Jeff Wigand, CBS, and Big Tobacco. A documentary covering the facts behind the movie. Spiking Tobacco: How to Keep Smokers Hooked -- About.com Guide. Documentation on how tobacco companies manipulate tobacco to keep smokers hooked. Statements of Former Philip Morris Employees -- 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. The Cigarette Papers -- Stan Glantz''s book of the same title. "Quoting extensively from tobacco industry documents themselves and analyzing what they reveal, The Cigarette Papers shows what the tobacco companies have known and galvanizes us to take action." The Cigarette Papers -- Book on the secret research activities of the tobacco industry. Entire book now available free, online. The Cigarette Papers -- In 1953 the tobacco industry was faced with "a serious problem of public relations" -- their products were killing their customers. This site presents 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. The Guildford Documents -- Tobacco industry documents "show that the industry conducted extensive research into ways to enhance and fortify the nicotine in cigarettes and tried to cope with the shrinking market for the product by using sophisticated ''lifestyle'' advertisements aimed at young people. It also introduced ''light'' cigarettes to try to prevent health conscious smokers from quitting." The Hazards Of Tobacco Companies -- Article from Rachel''s Environment and Health Weekly. Covers tobacco history; industry tactics; tobacco-caused disease; secondhand smoke. The Special Privileges of Tobacco -- Tobacco industry use of lawyers to hide research. The Tobacco Industry in the UK -- ASH-UK factsheet. Covers the major companies, market share, their promotional activities, related organizations. The Y-1 Papers -- Internal tobacco industry documents on nicotine manipulation. As an industry research leader put it, the tobacco company "should learn to look at itself as a drug company, rather than a tobacco company." Tobacco Dirt -- Tobacco industry news, quotes, and documents. Tobacco Facts -- From British Columbia, lots of information on smoking and the tobacco industry in Canada. Tobacco Industry -- Why are all those "It''s the Law" and "We Card" signs in convenience stores, supermarkets, and gas stations? This expose from ANR explains. Tobacco Industry Backgrounder -- Tobacco Industry Under Siege, from Facts on File. Tobacco Industry Conduct: An Analysis of Selected Issues -- K.H. Ginzel, MD, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, provides an analysis of industry promotion and marketing; public statements; nicotine manipulation; product engineering; fire-safe cigarettes. Tobacco Industry Information -- Formerly secret tobacco industry documents expose the tactics and objectives of the tobacco industry and its collaborators. E.g. "I guarantee that I will use Brown & Williamson tobacco products in no less than five feature films, for a fee of $500,000.00. Sincerely, Sylvester Stallone, April 28, 1983" Tobacco Industry Pressured Insurance Cos. -- "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. Tobacco Industry Secret Documents -- Congressman Waxman''s site lays out the evidence; what did the industry know, when did they know it. Tobacco Industry Targetting of Children, Women, and Minorities -- Syllabus and resources for course at The University of Dayton Law School. Tobacco equals Death -- Observations and comments on tobacco and tobacco marketing, in particular in Hong Kong. Tobacco giant accused of buying silence -- For decades, the tobacco industry presented a united front, saying the same things on smoking and health, addiction, secondhand smoke, youth, tobacco marketing and promotion. Then Liggett broke ranks. To re-gain the united front, Philip Morris paid Ligget''s legal bills, actually underwrote its competitor. Tobacco industry documents -- Annotated links to online industry documents. Tobacco industry paid scientists for letters -- AP story. Industry paid more than $156,000 to get letters placed in scientific journals in an attempt to cast doubt on the effects of secondhand smoke. In some cases, tobacco industry lawyers edited the letters. Tobacco industry undermines public health efforts worldwide -- 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 Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand to water down their tobacco restrictions. Tobacco industry''s five-year battle to gut anti-smoking education in California -- San Francisco Weekly article on tobacco industry lobbying to illegally divert money from anti-smoking education programs in California. "With great stealth and political savvy, the documents show, the tobacco industry was able to strike alliances, dole out campaign money, pressure lawmakers, and partially undo the will of the voters, all in an effort to keep people smoking" Tobacco industry''s secret memos suggest history of deception -- A look at 8 internal memos "suggests tobacco companies abused attorney-client privileges to conceal their considerable knowledge about the hazards of smoking" at a time the rest of the world knew considerably less. Tobacco''s Big Lie -- Speech given by Jimmy Carter. "Like many public officials, I believed the tobacco industry could be persuaded to behave responsibly. Today I know better. I know that tobacco is a powerfully addictive substance that kills more Americans than alcohol,illegal drugs, car and airplane crashes, homicide, suicide, fires and AIDS combined. And I know that the tobacco industry cannot be trusted to protect our children." Tobacco''s Dirty Tricks -- ANR info on tobacco industry strategies. Tobacco: Up in Smoke? News archive from The Richmond Times-Dispatch -- Special coverage of the tobacco industry from the heart of tobacco industry country: Richmond, Virginia, headquarters of Philip Morris, the largest tobacco company in the world. Over 200 news articles written by Richmond Times-Dispatch staff writers. Troubled Times for the Tobacco Industry? -- Internal documents the tobacco industry kept secret for decades are coming to light in cases against them.
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