- The War on Truth
Interview with John Stauber, a PR-industry watcher, has a short section on use of PR by the tobacco industry. http://www.mediaisland.org/thewarontruth.html - Timeline: Public Image
Tobacco industry documents grouped on a timeline show inside thinking on PR. http://www.tobaccodocuments.org/index.cfm?menuitem=timelines&id=32 - Tobacco Company Charity Advertisements
Op-ed on Philip Morris ads: "Philip Morris spent $60 million on charity, and $108 million on advertising to tell us about it". http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/12.28.00/tobacco-0052.html - Tobacco's Youth Anti-smoking Programs Promote the Industry
The tobacco industry's own documents show that most youth smoking prevention programs it has supported are designed to promote tobacco industry political and marketing aims rather than to reduce smoking. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2002/05/27/daily28.html - WHO Faces Up to Its Tobacco Links
PR strategies used by the tobacco industry to get the World Health Organization to derail or weaken its tobacco campaign. http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7257/314 |