Big Tobacco

Big Tobacco Companies Accused Of Illicit Tactics To Expand Asia Sales

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 12.23.2008 | World


BANGKOK, Thailand — Two of the world's largest tobacco companies, seeking to expand sales into Asia, worked to undermine anti-smoking policies i...

Will Waxman the Big Tobacco Fighter Take on Big Oil?

Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green


Kevin Grandia

Waxman is now in a position to haul the energy executives onto to the floor and expose this campaign just like he did with Big Tobacco.

Blacks In Congress Split Over Menthol Cigarettes

New York Times | Stephanie Saul | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business


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

We Can't Afford to Wait to Regulate Tobacco

Dan Smith | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


Dan Smith

More than 40 years following the first surgeon general's report linked smoking to cancer, a simple list of ingredients is still not required for tobacco products.

Justice for Sale: How Big Tobacco and the GOP teamed up to crush Democrats in the South

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics


Larisa Alexandrovna

Part VII of the Permanent Republican Majority Series by Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane Almost immediately after his appointment as US Attorney...

McCain's Cronies: Charlie Black And Big Tobacco

Christy Hardin Smith | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics


Christy Hardin Smith

How exactly does senior campaign advisor Charlie Black divorce his tobacco lobbyist insider knowledge from his political advisor campaign guru self?

The Amy Winehouse Visa Hypocrisy (updated version)

John Ridley | Posted 02.08.2008 | Entertainment


John Ridley

If a guy who makes bank selling cancer is free to travel, comparatively the gov shouldn't be denying Winehouse entry 'cause she might guzzle a little Cristal and trash a hotel room.

Congress Seeks Major Federal Tax Increase On Cigarettes

AP | Charles Babington | Posted 11.11.2007 | Business


Congress is taking new whacks at the cigarette industry, banning tobacco sales in Senate buildings and -- more importantly -- seeking a significant fe...

Big Tobacco's Green Smokescreen

John Fischer | Posted 09.18.2007 | Business


John Fischer

The biggest beneficiary of the pervasive focus on environmental responsibility may not be the conscientious consumer, but a far unlikelier entity: big tobacco.