- Philip Morris is Top Contributor to GOP
Tobacco giant Philip Morris was the number one source of campaign money to the Republican party in the 2001-2002 election cycle, a report finds.
http://www.opensecrets.org/pubs/toporgs/appendix.asp
- Philip Morris' Latest Smoke Screen
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."
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_29/b3741056.htm
- Politicians Getting Indirect Tobacco Money
Washington Post article shows how tobacco money streams into policians through stealth channels, such as Kraft foods for Philip Morris.
http://www.no-smoking.org/may98/05-08-98-5.html
- Republican National Committees
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.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/president/guide/charts/rnpc.html
- Serious Money: The Top 100 Contributors
The number one contributor to political parties in 1995-96 was Philip Morris, the largest tobacco company in the world. This report lists all of the top 100 contributors.
http://www.crp.org/pubs/bigpicture/top/bp.top100.2.html
- Texans for Public Justice Lobby Watch
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".
http://www.tpj.org/Lobby_Watch/lw.html
- The Marlboro Hombres
Report on Costa Rica vacation enjoyed by two Colorado legislators, courtesy of Philip Morris.
http://www.westword.com/issues/1997-08-21/news4.html
- The People & The Power Game: Transcript of The Unelected: The Media & The Lobbies
"The cigarette industry knows its way around Capitol Hill and usually gets what it wants...Polls show that most Americans support strong anti-smoking laws, but only a handful have passed. Most have died in Congress. Cigarette companies are the masters of inside lobbying, the money game".
http://www.pbs.org/powergame/files/uneltrans.html
- The Quiet Victory of the Cigarette Lobby
Article originally published in 1965 in the Atlantic Monthly looks at the tobacco industry's power in Congress.
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/smoking/drewf.htm
- The Struggle centred on Brussels
Industry lobbying in Europe focusses its efforts in Brussels; Philip Morris is the strongest player, putting 40 lawyers into place to lobby 20 Commissioners, for example.
http://www.health.fi/smoke2html/Pages/Smoke2-49.html#HEADING49-0
- The Tobacco Presidency
Essay discusses the tobacco connections of George W. Bush.
http://www.thegully.com/essays/US/politics_2001/010319tobacco_bush.html
- Tobacco Industry Activity in the U.S.
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.
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/state.html
- Tobacco Institute Lobbying report for 1989
Internal tobacco industry document outlines its lobbying activities in 1989 such as pre-empting local smokefree laws.
http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/dd/ddproactive.html
- Tobacco Lobbying Continues
"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.
http://no-smoking.org/oct01/10-23-01-1.html
- Tobacco Lobbying Outlays Soared in 1998
Covers money spent and industry resoures invested, e.g. putting 192 lobbyists into Washington, about one for every three members of Congress" Names the major lobbying firms and lobbyists used.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/tobacco/stories/outlays103098.htm
- Tobacco Lobying in 1997 and 1998
Shows amounts spent by each tobacco company, both lobbying and campaign cash, for all election cycles since 1990.
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=A02
- Tobacco PAC money: how it works
Report from the Center for Responsibe Politics on tobacco money taken by Congress and voting records on bills affecting the tobacco industry.
http://www.crp.org/pubs/DIYkit/Smoking/preventive_teenage_smoking.htm
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