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	Buying Influence, Selling Death - http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/contributions/ Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids breaks down tobacco industry political spending by state, party, and soft versus hard money, and finds that Congress and political parties have taken more than $8 million in tobacco cash in the most recent election cycle.
	Hedrick Smith Productions: The People and the Power Game - http://hedricksmith.com/PBSDoc/thePeopleAndThePowerGame.shtml 1996 mini series examining the power of the media and lobby groups including the tobacco industry lobbies. Offers press/viewer reactions to the series and information on how to buy the film.
	Tobacco: Long Term Contribution Trends - http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?Ind=A02 Summarizes trends of $42 million of tobacco cash spent on political campaigns for 10 years. Broken out by party, and soft/PAC money.
	Tobacco Industry Activity in the U.S. - http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/state.html Reports on industry activity by state; extensive and recent reports available for Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.
	Undermining Popular Government: Tobacco Industry Political Expenditures in California, 1993-1994 - http://www.ucsf.edu/campus/schmed/ihps/tobacco.html Documents how the tobacco industry influences law in California.

	Tobacco Industry Attempts to Subvert European Union Tobacco Advertising Legislation - http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/tcpmi/EU2002/ Research report on tobacco industry programs aimed at defeating EU legislation governing tobacco advertising and promotion.
	CorpWatch: Bush Administration Tobacco Industry Ties - http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=896 Article on the tobacco industry ties of senior members of the Bush administration.
	Victor Crawford on 60 Minutes - http://www.tobacco.org/News/95.04.05_Tob_News.html#aa33 Interview with ex-tobacco industry lobbyist Victor Crawford, on how the industry influences Washington.
	The Quiet Victory of the Cigarette Lobby - http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/smoking/drewf.htm Article originally published in 1965 in the Atlantic Monthly looks at the tobacco industry's power in Congress.
	Texans for Public Justice Lobby Watch - http://www.tpj.org/Lobby_Watch/lw.html Reports on lobbying in the state of Texas include reports on tobacco industry activity: "Rove a Mile for a Camel", "Second-Hand Smoke", "Death Merchants Hire More Accomplices", "Philip Morris' Newest Smokers", "Health Hypocrisy", and "Tobacco Spends Big Bucks for Political Favor".

	Big Tobacco's Dollars Douse Push for Fire-Safe Cigarettes - http://www.no-smoking.org/jan98/01-01-98-2.html LATimes article.
	Secondhand Diplomacy - http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2003/03/ma_284_01.html After closed-door meetings with cigarette makers, the Bush administration is seeking to derail a global tobacco treaty.
	U.S. House Votes on Federal Tobacco Lawsuit Show Influence of Tobacco Campaign Contributions - http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/doj/chart2a.shtml Analysis shows that House members who voted to protect the tobacco industry have taken over five times as much tobacco money as those voting to support the federal lawsuit.
	Cancer Converts Tobacco Lobbyist - http://www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/artcl-new.php?ID=76 Victor Crawford, retired tobacco industry lobbyist dying of cancer, gives a revealing interview on what he did for the industry.
	U.S. Support for Tobacco Overseas: Going Out of Business? - http://www.afsa.org/fsj/Nov99/TobaccoTradeBeelman.cfm Industry influence in different administrations is compared.

	Tobacco Lobbying Continues - http://no-smoking.org/oct01/10-23-01-1.html "Each day that Congress meets, the nation's four largest cigarette manufacturers spend more than $100,000 pushing their agenda on Capitol Hill." News article explains how the money is spent.
	The Struggle centred on Brussels - http://www.health.fi/smoke2html/Pages/Smoke2-49.html Industry lobbying in Europe focuses its efforts in Brussels; Philip Morris is the strongest player, putting 40 lawyers into place to lobby 20 Commissioners, for example.
	George W. Bush: Calling for Philip Morris - http://www.no-smoking.org/oct99/10-22-99-3.html Article in The Nation covers George W. Bush's tobacco connections, his record on tobacco.
	Politicians Getting Indirect Tobacco Money - http://www.no-smoking.org/may98/05-08-98-5.html Washington Post article shows how tobacco money streams into policians through stealth channels, such as Kraft foods for Philip Morris.
	Tobacco Industry Spent $10.6 Million to Lobby Congress in First Half of 2003 - http://tobaccofreekids.org/Script/DisplayPressRelease.php3?Display=706 As Congress conducted negotiations over major tobacco legislation for the first time in years, the tobacco industry spent over $10 million to lobby Congress, over $116,000 every day Congress was in sessoin.

	Tommy Thompson and Tobacco - http://www.tobacco.org/News/thompsonfull.html Report on the tobacco money, tobacco record, and tobacco industry connections of Bush appointee Tommy Thompson, director of HHS, in charge of CDC, NCI, and the Surgeon General's office.
	Smoke and Mirrors: Tobacco Industry Influence on "Grassroots" - http://www.citizen.org/documents/smokeMirors.PDF Public Citizen report on the tobacco industry's influence on the "grassroots" campaign for liability limits.
	Washingtonpost.com: Big Tobacco Filters Into Campaign Coffers - http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/stories/wa050898.htm Many different ways an elected official can take tobacco money; this article summarizes.
	The Tobacco Industry Successful Efforts to Control Tobacco Policy Making in Switzerland - http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/tcpmi/Swiss2001/ UCSF report. Executive summaries in German, English, and French. Full report in English.
	Republican National Committees - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/president/guide/charts/rnpc.html The tobacco industry is a top giver of "soft money" to both political parties, but lately Republicans have been getting about 80% of tobacco money.

	Air Tobacco: Campaign Travel on Tobacco Industry Jets - http://oversight.house.gov/Documents/20040827161228-67574.pdf Report on tobacco industry giving free jet travel to politicians.
	On the Money Trail With GOP - http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96273&page=1 ABC News report says tobacco money gets tobacco lobbyists access in Washington.
	Tobacco Lobying in 1997 and 1998 - http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=A02 Shows amounts spent by each tobacco company, both lobbying and campaign cash, for all election cycles since 1990.
	Warning: Philip Morris Wants Regulation - http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0501-08.htm Independent analysis of Philip Morris's call for regulation finds ways Philip Morris's proposed regulation would protect the industry, not the customer.
	Tobacco firms Dip Deep to Lobby Hard - http://204.27.188.70/daily/09-96/09-09-96/a01wn012.htm A.P. reporting on industry lobbying.

	Tobacco Industry Spent More Than $20 Million to Lobby Congress in 2002 - http://tobaccofreekids.org/Script/DisplayPressRelease.php3?Display=682 New report totals that cash the tobacco industry spent to lobby Congress in 2002: over $100,000 per day every day Congress was in session, not even including campaign conributions.
	Tobacco Wars: Canada - http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/300/cdn_medical_association/cmaj/vol-156/issue-2/0237.htm Article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal describes the tobacco industry's power in Canada.
	Philip Morris' Latest Smoke Screen - http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_29/b3741056.htm BusinessWeek news analysis finds Philip Morris's call for FDA regulation "has little to do with health -- and a lot to do with self-interest."
	The Tobacco Presidency - http://www.thegully.com/essays/US/politics_2001/010319tobacco_bush.html Essay discusses the tobacco connections of George W. Bush.
	Tobacco Political Action Committees, 2000 - http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/industry.asp?txt=A02&cycle=2000 Summary of political action committee giving by tobacco company, comes to about $2.4 million, broken down by company.

	Control of "Grasstops" Government - http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/dd/ddcontrolgrasstops.html 1993 Philip Morris memo reveals much about industry strategy and tactics for influencing government.
	Tobacco Institute Lobbying report for 1989 - http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/dd/ddproactive.html Internal tobacco industry document outlines its lobbying activities in 1989 such as pre-empting local smokefree laws.
	Industry Donations Favor Bush, Republican - http://www.jointogether.org/plugin.jtml?siteID=miph&p=1&Tab=News&Object_ID=264711 Philip Morris is the second biggest contributor to the GOP in the current election; Center for Reponsive Politics report identifies top 10 Congressional recipients of tobacco money
	Tobacco Lobbying Outlays Soared in 1998 - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/tobacco/stories/outlays103098.htm Covers money spent and industry resources invested, e.g. putting 192 lobbyists into Washington, about one for every three members of Congress" Names the major lobbying firms and lobbyists used.
	Tobacco: Political Issues - http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter32/table_of_contents_chap32.html Chapter from the Tobacco Reference Guide covers tobacco lobbying and influencing in politics at the state, local, and federal (US) level.

	Molly Ivins on Tobacco Bill Death - http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98/n487/a03.html Columnist Molly Ivans comments on the lobbying behind the death of the McCain tobacco bill.
	Top Recipients: Tobacco - http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.asp?Ind=A02 Identifies top takers of tobacco cash among candidates for elected office.
	California's Gov. Wilson Sabotaged Anti-Tobacco Effort, Groups Charge - http://www.monitor.net/monitor/free2/wilsontobacco.html Article in the Christian Science Monitor covers Wilson's efforts.
	Top All-Time Givers To Congress: Philip Morris - http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.asp?ID=D000000067 Profile of Philip Morris, one of the top all-time givers of money to Congress, provides 12 year itemized totals, breakout by party and by year.

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