Surf these sites: 4-H Yes, Philip Morris No! -- Information on the Philip Moris partnership with 4-H. ACLU and Big Tobacco -- Secret documents reveal ACLU ties to the tobacco industry. Find out how taking $1,000,000 from the tobacco industry may have changed the ACLU''s positions. Astro-Turf: Bogus Grass-Roots Groups and the Tobacco Industry -- "How the tobacco industry uses bogus grass-roots groups to oppose local smoking laws." Thorough look at the National Smokers Alliance (NSA). Article from the Pacific Sun. Big Tobacco and Rupe -- "Secret documents show that Philip Morris loves Rupert Murdoch''s tobacco-friendly media. He''s also just happens to be on their board." FAIR: Media Moguls on Board -- Cato Institute board member Rupert Murdoch is also a Philip Morris board member; Cato has taken money from Philip Morris and RJR. Fraser Institute -- Says the Fraser Institute is a front group for Big Tobacco. Shows how the tobacco industry may use front groups. PR Watch: Tobacco Front Group Exposed! -- "Special-interest watchdogs exposed as tobacco industry front group". Article from PR Watch. Philip Morris front group exposed -- "Nobody blows smoke into the American political system better than the tobacco industry. The case of Contributions Watch (CW), a Philip Morris front group, serves as a powerful illustration of how cigarette companies can corrupt the debate over smoking and public policy." Smoker Group''s Thick Wallet Raises Questions -- LATimes article on the National Smokers Alliance documents the gap between its claimed membership and dues members paid. Taxes Won''t Stop Teen Smoking -- 1998 Libertarian party press release. Claims price hikes won''t reduce consumption. Attributes tobacco tax increases to greedy politicians. The Great Tobacco Robbery -- Cato Institute editorial condemns money made by plaintiff lawyers "holding tobacco companies accountable for Medicaid expenditures allegedly related to smoking". Not mentioned: the Cato Institute takes tobacco money. The National Smokers Alliance: Exposed -- ANR report on the NSA. "The goal of this piece is to reveal the origins, modus operandi, and game plan of the National Smokers Alliance, a "smokers'' rights" front group created and funded by Big Tobacco to protect its profits." The Nicotine Network -- Series of articles in Mother Jones magazine. Particular emphasis on "astoturf": front groups created by PR firms to look like "grass roots" organizations. Ties that Bind: the ACLU and Big Tobaccco -- Transcript of radio program. Guests include Morton Mintz, who wrote an article on the subject, and Stan Glantz.
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