Tobacco Industry

Pop Quiz: Under Reagan, What Was Peak Unemployment, How Long Before It Began Declining?

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tobacco Industry, Stimulus, Ronald Reagan, John Boehner, Barack Obama, Unemployment Rates, Tax Cuts, Politics News
Paul Abrams

As good students of history, you recognize that Reagan did not inherit the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. And tax rates today are already 14% lower than Reagan's 1981 tax cut.

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Mr. President: Time to Issue a Direct 'Call to Action' to Your Grassroots Supporters

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tobacco Industry, President Obama, John Boehner, Heathcare Reform, Congress, 20 Million, Earth Day, Healthcare Premiums as Taxes, Politics News
Paul Abrams

It is time for Obama to go "all in" on health care reform. Having declared health care reform the defining mark of his presidency, he has nothing to lose but defeat.

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Senators Who Opposed Tobacco Bill Received Top Dollar From Industry

McClatchy | Halimah Abdullah | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Campaign Contributions From Tobacco Industry, Tobacco Industry, FDA Tobacco, McConnell Tobacco Industry, Tobacco Industry Donations, Transparency, Politics News

WASHINGTON - Among the 17 senators who voted against allowing the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco are some of the top recipients of c...

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A Good Guy at AMA Dies: Dr. Ron Davis, Tobacco Foe

Howard Wolinsky | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago

Read More: American Medical Association, Dr. Ronald Davis, Ronald Davis AMA, The Serpent on the Staff, Ronald Davis Dies, Health, Tobacco Industry, Tobacco, Tom Brune, Ama and Tobacco, Chicago News
Howard Wolinsky

The AMA ought to apologize for the harm it caused the public health for its collaboration with the tobacco industry. It would be a fitting tribute to the legacy of Dr. Ronald Davis.

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Blacks In Congress Split Over Menthol Cigarettes

New York Times | Stephanie Saul | Posted 08.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Blacks and Cigarettes, Edolphus Towns, Congress, Black Caucus, Tobacco Industry, Menthol Cigarretes, Big Tobacco, Business News

Free cigarettes are no longer handed out at Congressional Black Caucus functions. And it has been years since anyone referred to Edolphus Towns, Democ...

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Life Cycle: Smoke 'Em If You've Got 'Em

Simran Sethi | Posted 07.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Pesticides, Smoking, Cigarettes, Filters, Environment, Green, Environmentalism, Tobacco Industry, Deforestation, Phillip Morris, Simran Sethi, Sarah Smarsh, Green News
Simran Sethi

Deforestation is the most direct environmental repercussion of the approximately ten gazillion cigarettes smoked in the world daily. Wood is used just about every step in production--to cure tobacco, to wrap the leaves with paper, to box them up with cardboard.

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