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Philip Morris Ordered To Pay $300 Million To Former Smoker

Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Big Tobacco, Philip Morris, Smoking, Tobacco Litigation, Emphysema, Florida, Altria Group, Business News

MIAMI - CHRISTINE ARMARIO (AP)-- A South Florida jury on Thursday ordered Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million to a former smoker, agreeing that the ...

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Smoking: Messages On Cigarette Packs May Be Counterproductive

Mother Jones | Tom Jacobs | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Lung Cancer, Smoking, Cigarettes, Health, Addiction, Cigarette, Obama, Philip Morris, Warning, Cigarette Tax, Wellness, Mark Zuckerberg, Living News

In June, President Obama signed a law requiring tobacco companies to post large, graphic warnings on cigarette packs. However, new research suggests t...

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Dick Armey - Master Scaremonger

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meet the Press, Dick Armey, Scaife, Freedomworks, Nancy Pelosi, Metlife, Washington Post, Philip Morris, Healthcare Reform, Tea Party, Healthcare, Public Health Insurance Plan, Obama Healthcare, Healthcare System, Universal Healthcare, Public Health Care Option, Public Health Care, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

What's sad is that these scaremongering tactics are so effective. They make it easy to forget that we rank #37 in world health.

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Big Tobacco Sets Its Sights On Africa

TIME | JEFFREY KLUGER | Posted 08.25.2009 | World

Read More: Big Tobacco, Philip Morris, Cigarettes, Smoking, Africa, Tobacco, World News

It's easy enough to buy a smoke at Isa Yakubu's grocery store on a busy street in Lagos, Nigeria. Never mind if you don't have much money. Most local ...

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ReThinking Thank You for Smoking: Tobacco's Last Action Hero?

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Thank You for Smoking, Movie Review, Rethink Reviews, The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Jonathan Kim, Jason Reitman, Smoking, Cigarettes, Lobbyists, Aaron Eckhart, Philip Morris, Tobacco, Health Care, Movie Critic, Big Tobacco, Chris Rock, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

The Obama administration just passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. So Will the Nick Naylors of the world soon become extinct? Not by a long shot.

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The Rise and Fall of the Cigarette

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Food and Drug Administration, Tobacco, Cigarettes, Tobacco Regulation, Richard Burr, Cigarette Advertising, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Philip Morris, Mitch McConnell Kentucky, Politics News
Christopher Brauchli

It was a tough week for the cigarette, and also for Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and three of his colleagues, who received huge campaign contributions from cigarette makers.

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Jason Linkins

Menthol Fight Underreported In Landmark Cigarette Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Philip Morris, Cigarettes, Media Criticism, New York Times, Menthol, Cigarette Bill, Media News

As the New York Times reports this morning, a bill allowing the Food and Drug Administration to "impose potentially strict new controls" on the tobacc...

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Senate Passes Historic Anti-Smoking Bill

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Anti-Smoking, Tobacco, Anti-Tobacco, Cigarettes, Fda, Federal Drug Administration, Congress, Philip Morris, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate struck a historic blow against smoking in America Thursday, voting overwhelmingly to give regulators new power to limit ...

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This Week in Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 06.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Geithner, Senate, Democrat, Arlen Specter, Steroids, Diebold, Philip Morris, Senator, 'Roids, Peds, Treasury, Republican, Aig, Accenture, Yankees, A-Rod, Stadium, Monty Python, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

Build a $1.5-ish billion taxpayer-funded stadium, charge those same taxpayers $2600 to see a game, don't create the promised park for local kids (because they're poor). Now look around. Guess what? You're rich!

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Reporters, Cigarettes and a U.S. Senator

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Lawyers, U.S. Senate, Kirsten Gillibrand Senate Seat, Philip Morris, Cigarettes, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kirsten-Rutnik, Media News
Christopher Brauchli

What the NY Times discovered was that Ms. Gillibrand represented, zealously, a tobacco company. Their case is overwhelming. The Senator is not qualified to hold public office.

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FDA Regulation Provides Another Smokescreen for Marlboro Man

Howard Wolinsky and Alan Blum | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Tobacco, FDA Cigarettes, Cigarettes, Fda, Philip Morris, Tobacco, Marlboro Cigarettes, Politics News
Howard Wolinsky and Alan Blum

The new FDA legislation would serve as a Marlboro Preservation Act. The tobacco industry will be footing the bill for the alleged regulation of its own products. The foxes will be guarding the henhouse.

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There is No "Z" in Blackwater

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Mercenaries, Bush, Blackwater, Xe, Bechtel, Philip Morris, Altria Group, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

Mercenaries are a fact of life, as is marketing. Changing your name does not change what you have done, but changing the Commander In Chief can lead to new restrictions.

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The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008

Robert Weissman | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Roche, Smoking, Economy, Food Crisis, Cargill, Aig, Corporate Power, Tax Evasion, Philippines, Osha, Imperial Sugar, HIV/AIDS, Corporate Crime, Darfur, Philip Morris, Dole, Cnpc, Corporate Greed, Constellation, Financial Crisis, Chevron, Nuclear Power, Ge, Business News
Robert Weissman

In keeping with our tradition of highlighting diverse forms of corporate wrongdoing, we included only one financial company on the 10 Worst list.

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Big Tobacco Companies Accused Of Illicit Tactics To Expand Asia Sales

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 01.23.2009 | World

Read More: British American Tobacco, Philip Morris, World Health Organization, Cigarettes, Smoking China, Tobacco Companies Expand Asia Markets, Tobacco Companies Illegal Action, Asia, Smoking Thailand, Philip Morris Asia, Big Tobacco, World News

BANGKOK, Thailand — Two of the world's largest tobacco companies, seeking to expand sales into Asia, worked to undermine anti-smoking policies i...

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The Weekly Pulse: Good News and Bad News Healthcare NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control, Philip Morris, Healthcare Newsladder, Newsladder, Womens Health, Healthcare Reform, Meat Industry, Health Care, Health, Naacp, Health Action, Politics News
The Media Consortium

In one of today's more bizarre health stories, we find tobacco giant Philip Morris likening itself to the NAACP in order to get out of paying compensation to smokers.

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Philip Morris Plots Aggressive New Product Blitz

Wall Street Journal | VANESSA O'CONNELL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Cigarettes, Altria, Nicotine, Smoking, Philip Morris, Marlboro Intense, Altria Group, Marlboros, Business News

Sitting in his office overlooking Lake Geneva, Philip Morris International Chief Executive André Calantzopoulos takes a long drag from an unusually s...

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Phillip Morris Sues Retailers Over Counterfeit Cigarettes

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Philip Morris Lawsuit, Marlboro Cigarettes, Philip Morris, Business News

Philip Morris USA filed suit against 105 New Jersey and New York retailers Wednesday, alleging they sold counterfeit versions of Marlboro brand cigare...

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