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» Kentucky Legislators' Views on Tobacco Policy - Research into policymakers' views in a tobacco state performs a survey of 116 Kentucky legislators. Surprisingly, they were highly supportive of reducing the state's dependence on tobacco and more supportive of tobacco control policies than expected.

» Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored" - The deaths of five million people in the UK from smoking-related diseases have been partly blamed on decades of government inaction.

» Special Investigations: Tobacco - Committee on Government Reform Monority Office provides reports on the tobacco industry, smuggling, government promotion of tobacco products, regulation.

» Still Waiting to Exhale - Public Citizen 1998 report subtitled: "Do Nothing" Republican leaders do their thing for Big Tobacco contributors.

» Support for Tobacco Trade: Up in Smoke? - A look at U.S. tobacco industry promotion of product abroad concludes that U.S. government support for the trade is not as strong as it used to be.

» U.S. Government Actions to Promote Tobacco - 12 page document lists actions by the U.S. government to promote cigarettes and spit tobacco around the world. [PDF]

» States Hooked on Tobacco Money - State governments work to protect Big Tobacco: Wall Street Journal article. (April 2, 2003)

» The Decade-Long Scandal that Makes Enron Look Like Small Potatoes - Columnist Herb Denenbert comments on how little the government does about tobacco's toll. (March 11, 2002)

» Asia Times: Japanese Government Addicted To Tobacco - Article on the government of Japan's ties to the Japanese tobacco industry, and the effect on health programs in Japan. (November 18, 1998)

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