Tobacco Documents
Source material for research
- Search 33 million pages of "Secret" Documents from Smokescreen. All MN secret documents as of July 2000 are here.
- Legacy National Tobacco Documents Libraryat UCSF. Very slick, very powerful
- The Legacy National Tobacco Documents Library offers searching, viewing, and downloading of over 20 million documents, which relate to scientific research, manufacturing, marketing, advertising and sales of cigarettes, among other topics, generally dating from the 1950's to recent years. These documents represent the contents of tobacco industry websites as of July 1999; newer material will be added to this library over time.
- "Secret" Documents Page Tobacco BBS
- Chronologies From ASH London. EXCELLENT organization of documents, first by subject, then by date. Extremely useful overviews.
Meta-Document Sites
- 12/14/97 "National Tobacco Settlement" Resources Page
- Canada: National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health
- Documents Full-text Supreme Court of Canada judgment (1995), a history of tobacco control in Canada, more.
- Easy Searching on qualified tobacco-oriented documents and sites from around the web:
- APA's Tobacco Document links page
- Jack's Hot Docs Site
- CourtTV's Tobacco Case Treasure TroveFull text of Tobacco Case Filings
- 10/3/97 State Tobacco Information Center Libraries Lawsuits, state-by-state.
- Tobacco Control Archives University of California, San Franscisco
- Indiana ASSIST Library of Tobacco Resources
- 05/24/97. NEWLY REVISED CDC's Tobacco Information and Prevention Source Page The front door is graphically heavy and takes a bit to download, but just beyond is a wealth of well-organized information, much of it hard data and statistics. A researcher's must. Plus a handy Surgeon General Report Timeline: 1964-1994
- 12/19/97 Government Documents in the News U. Mich. Campaign Finance category, but no specific category for tobacco--yet.
- 12/19/97 Texts and Documents: The US Hanover College
- 12/19/97 US Historic Documents Page Mid-America Nazarene U.
- Footage Net Need tobacco news footage, stock clips, or "ephemeral films" from bygone days? A "tobacco" search here turns up these stock footage houses with relevant material:
- ABC News VideoSource
- A.R.I.Q. Footage, Inc. (Database not online yet)
- Cable News Network (CNN) Library
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Stock Shot Sales (Agriculture)
- Cascom International Inc
- Grinberg Film Libraries This site turns up a 16-year-old Tobacco Queen (1948). Get a clip of Doris Duke, more.
- Streamline Film Archives Inc
- A "smoking" search of the vintage section turns up "Underwater picnic, man smokes underwater," "Teen smokes cigar," etc.
- A "tobacco" search of the contemporary section turns up, among others, The 1994 Waxman hearing
- 8/20/97 Henry A. Waxman Website
US Government Documents
- 01/31/99 Getting the FBI Files on the
TOBACCO INSTITUTE Tobacco BBS
- Now that the Tobacco Institute no longer officially exists, you may wish to ask for the
FBI Files on TI. . . [This form letter provided for reference purposes only.]
- 8/14/99 Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969"
- * United States Code
* TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
* CHAPTER 36 - CIGARETTE LABELING AND ADVERTISING
US Code as of: 01/26/98
Sec. 1331. Congressional declaration of policy and purpose
It is the policy of the Congress, and the purpose of this chapter, to establish a comprehensive Federal Program to deal with cigarette labeling and advertising with respect to any relationship between smoking and health, whereby -
(1) the public may be adequately informed about any adverse health effects of cigarette smoking by inclusion of warning notices on each package of cigarettes and in each advertisement of cigarettes; and
(2) commerce and the national economy may be (A) protected to the maximum extent consistent with this declared policy and (B) not impeded by diverse, nonuniform, and confusing cigarette labeling and advertising regulations with respect to any relationship between smoking and health.
- 6/23/94 Waxman Hearings: Thomas Sandefur The Y-1 hearing, From Lorillard
- 2/4/99 Congressional Research Service Reports CNIE
- 2/4/99 Congressional Research Service Reports Senate
- 08/19/98 CRS: Tobacco-Related Activities and Programs in the Federal Government: A Summary Committee for the National Institute for the Environment
- Federal government
agencies are engaged in a variety of tobacco-related activities and programs, which are summarized in the table beginning on page two.
- 10/16/98 CRS: The Tobacco Settlement: Issues Committee for the National Institute for the Environment
- The debate over whether to enact a national tobacco settlement raises a fundamental issue in public policy. What is the appropriate role of the government in promoting desirable personal behavior? Proponents of the settlement point to the public health impact of smoking as a justification for sweeping new tobacco regulation.
- 1/18/99 CA: THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT: WHAT WILL IT MEAN FOR CALIFORNIA? Legislative Analyst's Office
- The attorneys general of most states and the major United States tobacco companies have agreed to settle more than 40 pending lawsuits brought by states against the tobacco industry. In exchange for dropping their lawsuits and agreeing not to sue in the future, the states will receive billions of dollars in payments from the tobacco companies and the companies will restrict their marketing activities and establish new efforts to curb tobacco consumption.
- 07/20/98 AIR TOBACCO: CAMPAIGN TRAVEL ON TOBACCO INDUSTRY JETS Minority Staff Report, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, U.S. House of Representatives (July 20, 1998)
- 1986 COMPREHENSIVE SMOKELESS TOBACCO HEALTH EDUCATION (1986) United States Code; TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE; CHAPTER 70
- 1966 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1966 United States Code; TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE; CHAPTER 36 - CIGARETTE LABELING AND ADVERTISING
- 01/29/98 BLILEY COMMITTEE QUESTIONS TOBACCO EXECUTIVES House Commerce Committee
- 01/29/98 01/29/98: The Tobacco Settlement: Views of Tobacco Industry Executives House Commerce Committee
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Witness Testimony:
- Mr. Laurence A. TISCH, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Loews Corporation
- Mr. Geoffrey BIBLE, Chairman, Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
- Mr. Vincent A. GIERER Jr., Chief Executive Officer, UST, Inc.
- Mr. Steven F. GOLDSTONE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, RJR Nabisco
- Mr. Nicholas G. BROOKES, Chairman, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Companies
- 01/31/98 STREAMING AUDIO: Tobacco Executives Testify Before Congress
- 01/30/98 White House Backs Away From Liability Caps On Tobacco Deal Dow Jones (pay registration)
- Facing opposition from both sides of the aisle in Congress, the Clinton administration backed away from its previous stance that it would like to see the tobacco industry's potential liability to be limited, or capped, in any tobacco settlement. . . 'If the issue is one of caps on liability, we have never said that caps on liability were absolutely essential to any legislation. In fact, as you recall, the President did not even address that in the principles he outlined last August about the legislation that would be required to implement a settlement,' White House Spokesman Mike McCurry said.
- 11/08/97 Senate Bill S.1492
- To amend the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to prevent the use of tobacco products by minors, to reduce the level of tobacco addiction, to compensate Federal and State Governments for a portion of the health costs of tobacco-related illnesses, to enhance the national investment in biomedical and basic scientific research, and to expand programs to address the needs of children, and for other purposes. . . Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Kerry) introduced the following bill . . .
The FTC Report, in Word Perfect or Adobe Acrobat format.
- 9/18/97 Clinton Text The entire speech.
- 9/18/97 A Record of Achievement Clinton's actions on tobacco
- 9/18/97 SHALALA/REED Press Briefing that afternoon
- (3) Section 9302 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(k) Coordination With Tobacco Industry Settlement Agreement.--The increase in excise taxes collected as a result of the amendments made by subsections (a), (e), and (g) of this section shall be credited against the total payments made by parties pursuant to Federal legislation implementing the tobacco industry settlement agreement of June 20, 1997.
The 1994-95 OSHA Hearings on a Proposed Standard For Indoor Air Quality
- The Full Final Rule from the FDA Or you may FTP to it (It's huge).
- 12/2/96. Here's another site for the The FDA Regulations
- White House Fact Sheet on FDA Proposal
- White House Fact Sheet on Children & Tobacco
EPA
26 West Martin Luther King Dr.
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45268
(513) 569-7562
(513) 569-7566 fax
- Tobacco Companies' Lawsuit From Ash
Brown & Williamson's summary of arguments, Brown & Williamson's Summary of Comments, Jan. 2, 1996--all 2,000 pages of it. From LawLinks
Philip Morris' Resonse From PM's WebSite in Adobe Acrobat.
- The Great American Smokeout of 1996 got more smokers than ever to quit or at least cut down, according to health officials who say joining forces with promoters of nicotine gum and patches helped the effort. The American Cancer Society credits the partnership with persuading 26 percent of smokers surveyed to cut back last November 21, according to a report . . . Philadelphia-based SmithKline Beecham PLC, which markets Nicorette gum and Nicoderm CQ patches, spent $1.5 million on ads promoting the smokeout.
Scientific/Medical/Historical Reports
- 1604 A Counterblaste to Tobacco "Dry Drunk, NYPL
- James I, King of England (British, 15661625), London: Robert Barker, 1604, Arents Tobacco Collection
- 05/05/98 Report Of The Scientific Committee On Tobacco And Health UK's March, 1998 SCOTH report.
- 08/16/98 Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health Department of Health And Social Services, Northern Ireland/The Scottish Office Department of Health/Welsh Office. The Stationery Office Ltd.
- 12/97 Who Smokes Now? Changing Patterns of Expenditure on Tobacco Products in Australia, 1975-76 to 1993-94 in Adobe Acrobat format]
- 07/07/97 The Schaffer Library on Drug Policy has many tobacco studies, like 1972 Consumers Union report on nicotine, the Feb, 1997 CEPA ETS report and The History of Tobacco Regulation for the National Cmte on Marihuana and Drug Abuse (1972)
- The CRS Report Nov. 14, 1995 (75 pp--make sure your browser has lots of memory)
- Smoking-Attributable Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost -- United States, 1984 CDC. Abstract: As part of its commemoration of CDC's 50th anniversary, MMWR is reprinting selected MMWR articles of historical interest to public health, accompanied by a current editorial note. Reprinted below is the report published October 30, 1987, which analyzed smoking-attributable mortality and years of potential life lost for 1984, followed by a contemporary editorial note. [MMWR 46(20):444-451, 1997. Centers for Disease Control]
- 11/25/97Health Effects of Passive Smoking The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council report. You can download the entire report in HTML format (190K) here. Better get it fast, before it, like its predecessor, is blocked again.
- 1588 The "Uppowoc" reference from THOMAS HARIOT'S A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of VIRGINIA
A wonderful job from the University of Virginia- There is an herbe which is sowed a part by it selfe & is called by the inhabitants vppowoc. . The Spaniardes generally call it Tobacco. . . We ourselues during the time we were there vsed to suck it after their maner, as also since our returne . . .
- With over 65,000 abstracts, Tobacco & Health Abstracts (THA) is the most comprehensive overview of tobacco related literature available. In addition to indexing and abstracting articles on tobacco and health, THA also includes materials related to the social, political, and cultural aspects of tobacco use. THA is a unique collection of succinct and impartial abstracts assembled from over 2,200 publications from around the world, including journals, magazines, technical reports, books, conference proceedings, theses, and much more. Approximately 3,000 new records are added each year.
Politics
- 04/21/98 GARY BLACK ANALYSIS OF STATE OF TOBACCO
The UCSF Series on Tobacco and Policy-Making
- 12/14/97 . Undermining Popular Government: Tobacco Industry Political Expenditures in CALIFORNIA 1993-1994 S. Aguinaga, H. Macdonald, M. Traynor, M. Begay, S. Glantz, UCSF IHPS, 1995
- 12/14/97 Question 1: Tobacco Education Outlays From the 1994 Fiscal Year to the 1996 Fiscal Year M. Begay, and S. Glantz, CSF IHPS 1995.
- 06/18/97 Holding Government Accountable: Tobacco Policy Making in CALIFORNIA, 1995-1997 E. Balbach, F. Monardi, B. Fox, S. Glantz. UCSF IHPS 1997. The latest report from UCSF includes, in addition to contribution data, a detailed dciscussion of tobacco control in California, the litigation about Prop 99, and copies of all the ads run by AHA and ANR in their campaign to restore Prop 99, as well as the most recent one that also included ACS.
- Shifting Allegiances: Tobacco Industry Political Expenditures in CALIFORNIA, January 1995 - March 1996 F. Monardi, E. Balbach, S. Aguinaga, S. Glantz. UCSF IHPS 1996. UCSF's latest report on tobacco in California politics. From the executive summary:
. . . the top three recipients in California in 1995 received more than the top three recipients in Congress in 1995. Former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown (D-San Francisco), Senator Ken Maddy (R-Fresno), and Assemblyman Jim Brulte (R-Rancho Cucamonga) received $35,250, $28,500 and $25,000; respectively in 1995. In Congress, the top three recipients in 1995 were Congressmen from tobacco growing states. Senator Jesse Helms (R-North Carolina), Representative Lewis Payne (D-Virginia) and Senator Fred Thompson (R-Tennessee) received $32,500, $24,500 and $22,500; respectively. In addition, during the last decade, the top recipients in California received more than the top recipients in the United States Congress. . . On a per member basis, California legislators in 1995 have received more money than the members of Congress in 1995. The tobacco industry had contributed $2,331 per member in the state of California. In comparison, the tobacco industry contributed $1,859 per member of Congress
- 12/14/97 Tobacco Control in ARIZONA 1973-1977 S. Aguinaga-Bialous and Stanton A. Glantz. UCSF IHPS 1997.
- Tobacco Industry Political Expenditures
- 10/25/96 Tobacco Industry Political Activity in COLORADO 1979 - 1995 F. Monardi, A. O'Neill, and S. Glantz. UCSF IHPS 1996. Names, dates, contributions detailed. And an option to view the report in Envoy format.
- 11/4/96 Tobacco Industry Political Activity in WASHINGTON (State) 1983 - 1996 F. Monardi, and S. Glantz. UCSF IHPS 1996. What Glantz & Monardi did for Colorado they've now done for Washington: Names, dates, contributions detailed. Never forget.
- 12/14/97 Tobacco Industry Political Activity in New Jersey 1982 - 1995 F. Monardi, and S. Glantz, UCSF IHPS 1996.
- 12/10/97 Tobacco Industry Political Activity and Tobacco Control Policy Making in
PENNSYLVANIA: 1979-1996 The latest UCSF report on state tobacco control policy and politics
- 11/12/97 Administration Letter Wooing Tobacco Voters ASH has Clinton's Letter to Etheridge on "Fast-Track."
- American Psychological Association's Comments Regarding Tobacco Regulations
- 10/14/97 "Tobacco Under Fire": The Leaked ABC Tape MotherJones. You can download a complete transcript and see video clips here.
- See a collection of Dole tobacco documents stretching from the Nation's 1987 article to a 1989 PM memo referenced by ABC's "Never Say Die" to the Katie Couric interview on Jack's site
- The "Pete Wilson is still "pro-tobacco" memo From ANR
- The anti-Dan Morales push poll From Mother Jones
- The CMA Flap Tob Control Groups Battle Calif. Medical Assn. on Prop. 99 funds.
- Hot News from 1987: Candidate Dole's Tobacco Connection
International
- 09/26/98 COMPUTER SEARCHABLE Minnesota Tobacco Industry Documents on CD Rios Computer PR
- The documents themselves are available on the House Commerce Committee website; but they are so difficult to work with that they have been called "HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT". . . Using state-of-the-art technology, over 80% of the documents have been translated into searchable text files; search engines and an image viewer are also included. . . The complete package of 39,000 Minnesota documents in both image and text formats, as well as the 400 additional documents released in June, are available now for $3600.
- 12/29/98 CANADA: 1998 Reports on Cigarette Additives and Ingredients and Smoke Constituents British Columbia Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors
- On July 31, 1998 the Government of British Columbia became the first jurisdiction in the world to require tobacco companies to both reveal the additives and ingredients in each brand of cigarettes, and to provide a detailed chemical analysis of the smoke of each brand of cigarettes. Information filed with the Government of British Columbia by Canada's three major tobacco companies are being made available to the public through this web-site. Access to these reports will enable independent scientific and medical evaluation of the information. The Government of British Columbia and the Canadian Council for Tobacco Control have worked together to make this information widely available to the public. This marks the first time brand-specific information on the additives and ingredients of cigarettes sold in a jurisdiction has been released publicly by a government. It is also the first time such detailed information on the toxicity of cigarette smoke has been released by a government to the public anywhere in the world.
AUSTRALIA: Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act- 11/18/98 Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992, No 218 1992
- 11/18/98 Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Amendment Act 1995, No 17 1995
- 11/18/98 Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Regulations, Statutory Rules 1993 No 129
- 03/11/98 REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON TOBACCO AND HEALTH 11th March 1998 PR
- 03/20/98 Report of the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health
- BILL 444: TOBACCO ACT National Assembly of Quebec
- 05/12/98 EUROPEAN LEGISLATION - SEVENTH REPORT The EU Tobacco Advertising Ban
- 01/04/98 Tobacco Use in BC 1997 Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
- 12/12/97 Canada's Bill C-71
- An Act to regulate the manufacture, sale, labelling and promotion of tobacco products, to make consequential amendments to another Act and to repeal certain Acts
- BILL C-42 An Act To Amend The Tobacco Act
- 03/08/97 Summary of Canada's Tobacco Control Legislation From Health Canada
- 3/10/97 Complete copy of the lower house's version of Bill C-71 From there, you can also find the full debate (Hansard) over this issue, and check out the pre-holiday testimony before the Standing Committee on Health. (Thanks, Stan Shatenstein!)
- Thai-US Cigarette Disputer (CIGAR Case) The 1989 import ban dispute from TED Trade and Environment Database
- Guidance Note on Passive Smoking in the Workplace From the Australian National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, 1994
- Tobacco Imperialism (1992), about the US Trade Rep's attack on Taiwanese tobacco control legislation. From the Multi-National Monitor
In Their Own Words
SECRET DOCUMENT QUOTES TBBS
Jan. 4, 1954 "A Frank Statment to Cigarette Smokers"
Frontline: The Cigarette Papers From PBS. As excellent an introduction to the document saga as exists--what they knew contrasted with what they said, complete with source documents. A Play in Three Acts in which Big Tobacco learns that its product is one of the leading causes of death of the 20th century, decides to try to beat this problem, fails, and then digs in for the battle it knows will ultimately seal its destiny.
07/16/98 AUSTRALIAN Tobacco Industry Documents Simon Chapman has compiled Australia-specific docs from the Philip Morris Document Site
Committee on Commerce Tobacco Documents
- 08/05/98 Council for Tobacco Research (#s 1-1536)
- 08/05/98 Brown & Williamson (Bates Range: 170042567-794006143; AMERICAN TOBACCO Ranges: ATMNPRIV0008638-ATX110002455, ATX110002457-MNATRIV00014243-MNATPRIV00036483, ORPRIV026)
- 08/05/98 Philip Morris Docs (Bates Range 1000006183 to 2504200115). Here are the Supplemental Docs release 6/9/98 (TIFF files)
- 08/05/98 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco (Bates Range: 500000268 to 516687720)
- 08/05/98 Lorillard Tobacco (Bates Range: 00136345 to 94349953) [As with the other sites, documents appear and disappear here. However, if you know the Bates number, you stand a better chance of finding it by inserting it in this URL: http://www.lorillarddocs.com/getallimg.asp?DOCID=INSERT BATES NUMBER HERE]
- 08/05/98 Tobacco Institute (Bates Range: 00000001 to 00004358)
02/27/98 Tobacco's Documents on the Internet (tobaccoresolution.com) The companies' own sites. On 1/29/98, before the House Commerce Committee, the chief execs agreed to release non-privileged, non-competitively sensitive documents produced during pre-trial discovery in Minnesota, et al. v. Philip Morris et. al. You need a TIFF viewer. The recommended plug-in is not available for Macintosh.
Here's today's Press Release
- Philip Morris Site (Gif files) (pmdocs.com) Here's an alternate Philip Morris Site (philipmorris.com) To search by Bates Number: http://www.philipmorris.com/geallimg.asp?DOCID=INSERT BATES NUMBER HERE
- Lorillard Site
- Brown & Williamson Site
- RJR Site
- Here's the actual Documents Page (TIFF files) RJR plans to put as much as 6 million pages here.
During hearings before the Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 29, 1998, the chief executive officers of Philip Morris Companies, RJR Nabisco, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. and Loews Corp. agreed to make public all of the non-privileged, non-competitively sensitive documents that their companies have produced during pre-trial discovery in State of Minnesota, et al. v. Philip Morris, Inc., et al., No. C1-94-8565 (2nd Dist. MN). This website was established as part of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's efforts to honor that commitment.
- Council for Tobacco Research Site Here's the actual CTR Search Page
- Tobacco Institute Site To search by Bates number, you MUST put TIMN before the number, as in "TIMN0323525
06/25/98 TOBACCO EXPLAINED: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY IN ITS OWN WORDS UK ASH 07/16/98 FORMULA ONE and Tobacco: The World's most dangerous sport? UK ASH An open letter to Max Mosley, President of the FIA: . . . We were very encouraged by your declaration at the Australian Grand Prix that the FIA would end tobacco sponsorship by 2002, four years ahead of the time required by the EU Tobacco Advertising Directive, if you could be convinced that there is a link between advertising, sponsorship and smoking. . . . To this end, wish to offer evidence drawn from confidential tobacco industry documents released through litigation in the United States.
10/08/98 The Y-1 Papers
Jack Cannon has assembled a Y-1 portfolio, centering on Todd Lewan's 9/12/98 AP stories, (with AP's great, heretofore-unseen-on-the-net graphics). Also: the minutes of 3 BAT "Tobacco Strategy Review Team" meetings that covered Y-1 (and much more), background information, documents, stories and TV programs. Very nice.
06/16/98 Minnesota Tobacco Documents and Preemption Ira Sharenow has assembled the fruits of his labor searching the Philip Morris (mainly) document database..
04/28/98 Tobacco Documents Subpoenaed by the House Committee on Commerce Mirror site from STIC. Better organized, faster downloads than Bliley's site; full index available, too.
05/21/98 39,000 Documents on CD $1500. Rios Computer PR 04/29/98 Gravity, Inc. Makes Tobacco Documents Available on CD ROM PR Newswire Gravity, Inc., a Fort Worth, Texas evidence management and litigation support firm today announced the availability of the 39,000 newly released tobacco industry documents in CD-ROM format. . . For more information contact Roy Plattel, 800-324-5787, ext. 132, or email at plattel@gravitynet.com.
[This product ($3995(!)) is not yet listed on Gravity's Home Page ]
04/24/98 Sampler of the 39,000 documents Blue Cross
04/24/98 39,000 Files On Tobacco Not Easily Read On Net St. Paul Pioneer Press The documents, posted this week by Rep. Thomas Bliley, R-Va., chairman of the House Commerce Committee, are a quagmire of internal memoranda, old publications, pamphlets, scientific research, executive speeches and the occasional smoking gun. Still interested? OK, then. Here are some tips:
04/24/98 Sampler of the 39,000 documents Blue Cross website (No, the 104-page RJR report is not there . . . . yet.) 04/25/98 Records Are There - If You Can Find Them USA Today Ultimately a road map to the site may emerge, but it may be too late to have much effect on the fate of a major tobacco policy bill pending in Congress.
04/22/98 Analysis Of Now Public Doc: Minnesota AG's Office RJR Doc From MN Case Shows Smoking and Health Research Suppressed, Subverted, Rewritten and Destroyed (This document just posted today on the House Commerce Committee Web site at www.house.gov/commerce. Bates # is 515873805.)
[NOTE: This document has been REMOVED from the site, as it has not been officially introduced yet.]MINNESOTA DOCUMENTS
- Trial Exhibits The released documents, as they're released
- 04/24/98 Docuents sorted by Chronology
- 04/28/98 Minnesota Court Orders and other Court Documents from STIC
- 04/17/98 TRIAL EXHIBIT SEARCH ENGINE
- 01/22/98 An Update on Minnesota's Tobacco Litigation on Eve of Trial
The One and Only--Use the awesome power of the Internet to view 20-year-old Xeroxes:
- Brown & Williamson Secret Tobacco Papers at UCSF
- The Infamous Sylvester Stallone letter
- The Infamous Readin', Writin' and Smokin'
11/19/98 MANGINI v. R.J. REYNOLDS Tobacco Company Collection UCSF
- Case History
- A Review of R.J. Reynolds' Internal Documents Produced in Mangini v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
- MANGINI Collection
The Cigarette Papers Online The preface and first chapter have unrestricted access allowing potential subscribers to review the product prior to purchase. Questions about The Cigarette Papers Online can be sent to: cigadmin@library.ucsf.edu
Order the Print version here
02/14/98 Mangini RJR Documents 5 RJR/Joe Camel Documents from Henry Waxman's Office on Smoking Gun This collection of internal RJR documents focuses on the company's efforts to cultivate (and cash in on) the youth market, a predatory campaign that included the introduction of the cartoonish, and kid-friendly, Joe Camel character. These records were released in January by Representative Henry Waxman, one of Washington's leading anti-tobacco activists. . . Further proving that Joe Camel's a despicable hump, these documents include: Smoke Camel, Be Masculine (5 pages) The Hilton Head Manifesto (11 pages) Lucky Number 13 (1 page) Meet The Turk (1 page) Promoting Poison (1 page)
Lawsuits
07/30/98 STIC LIBRARY A Great resource for tobacco trial documents
9/98 Massachusettes Ingredient Disclosure Case STIC has trial transcripts/briefs, more.
01/25/99 BROWN V. PHILIP MORRIS, ET. AL. Tobaco BBS. You can find updates/news articles about the suit at the Onyx Group Website
1/6/99 Pennsylvania Intervenors' Brief 12/15/98 AG: PA Attorney General Mike Fisher's Memorandum of Law opposing Petition to Intervene by Sklaroff, Godshall, Barg et al.
12/29/98WA: Federal Court in Washington State rejects tobacco industry bid to dismiss union health and welfare fund lawsuit; approves trust fund damage model and experts Tobacco BBS
Judge Dwyer noted that in a comparable case, the state of Washington survived summary judgment and was tried for several weeks before being settled. The court noted that the defendants' misconduct was alleged to have been "done with the purpose and effect of insuring that other health providers and payers and not the [Tobacco industry] defendants bore the business costs of the disease and illness caused by the defendants' unsafe products." [Motions Attached]
12/15/98 US District Judge Batts' New York City Advertising Ban Decision, December 15, 1998 Tobacco BBS For the above stated reasons, Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment is GRANTED on the grounds of federal preemption. Defendants' cross-motion for summary judgment on those same grounds is DENIED. Defendants' request to sever those portions of the challenged ordinance that apply to tobacco products other than cigarettes is DENIED. In light of this finding, the Court has not reached the parties constitutional arguments. In accordance with Plaintiffs' prayer for relief in the Complaint, the Court DECLARES that Article 17-A of Title 27 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York is preempted by the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 15 U.S.C. 1334(b), and the Supremacy Clause of the United States
12/10/98 THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA, Plaintiff, v. THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE, INC., et. al. Fleming, Hovenkamp, & Grayson, P.C. This action involves a number of claims arising under both federal statutes as well as under common law. Specifically, Nicaragua alleges causes of action based on fraud/intentional misrepresentation; RICO; Sherman Act antitrust/restraint of trade; negligence/negligent misrepresentation and gross negligence; and negligent performance of a voluntary undertaking.
Here's the suit in Spanish
12/10/98 THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA, Plaintiff, v. THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE, INC., et. al. 2. Guatemala brings suit under a number of federal and state statutory and common law causes of action: fraud/intentional misrepresentation; conspiracy; RICO; Sherman Act and D.C. Code antitrust/restraint of trade; negligence/negligent misrepresentation and gross negligence; and negligent performance of a voluntary undertaking.
FDA
- 9/98 Petition for Rehearing Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Food & Drug Administration
- 11/10/98 November 10, 1998 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Order
- 4/25/97 District Court Decision in Coyne Beam, et.al. vs. FDA
11/45 AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. V. U.S., 328 U.S. 781 Supreme Court tobacco monopoly decision. This opinion was acquired from the Flite Database and enhanced for distribution on the Internet by The Villanova Center for Information and Policy ARGUED NOVEMBER 7, 8, 1945. - DECIDED JUNE 10, 1946. - 147 F.2D 93, AFFIRMED. 1. WHEN THERE IS A COMBINATION OR CONSPIRACY TO CONTROL AND DOMINATE INTERSTATE TRADE AND COMMERCE IN A COMMODITY, COUPLED WITH THE POWER AND INTENT TO EXCLUDE COMPETITORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL EXTENT, THE CRIME OF MONOPOLIZATION UNDER SEC. 2 OF THE SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT IS COMPLETE; AND THE ACTUAL EXCLUSION OF COMPETITORS IS NOT NECESSARY TO THE CRIME. PP. 784-787, 798, 808-815.
08/14/98 4th Circuit Court of Appeals FDA decision We are thus of the opinion that Congress did not intend to delegate jurisdiction over tobacco products to the FDA. Accordingly, the decision of the district court is reversed
07/21/98 THE OSTEEN DECISION Tobacco BBS EPA publicly committed to a conclusion before research had begun; excluded industry by violating the Act's procedural requirements; adjusted established procedure and scientific norms to validate the Agency's public conclusion, and aggressively utilized the Act's authority to disseminate findings to establish a de facto regulatory scheme intended to restrict Plaintiffs' products and to influence public opinion. . . Using its normal methodology and its selected studies, EPA did not demonstrate a statistically significant association between (secondhand smoke) and lung cancer
02/02/98 NOONAN v. THE WINSTON CO. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals George Noonan, a Boston Police Detective and a devoted non-smoker, has spent the bulk of his twenty-two year career educating Bostonians about the health risks of tobacco use. During the summer of 1992, a magazine advertisement sponsored by Winston cigarettes featuring Noonan's image appeared in several French magazines. Noonan claims that the unauthorized use of his image to benefit tobacco sellers has caused him personal and professional harm and embarrassment.
970822 PHILIP MORRIS v. HARSHBARGER APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS [Hon. George A. O'Toole, Jr., U.S. District Judge]
Minnesota v. Tobacco
04/22/98 39,000 documents (minus 400) Chairman Bliley obtained these documents on December 5, 1997, from the four tobacco companies involved in the Minnesota tobacco case -- Philip Morris, RJR Nabisco, Lorillard, and Brown & Williamson -- after issuing subpoenas for their production. Subpoenas were served on December 4, 1997, after the companies refused to voluntarily turn over the documents.
04/28/98 Tobacco Documents Subpoenaed by the House Committee on Commerce Mirror site from STIC. Better organized, faster downloads than Bliley's site; full index available, too.
01/07/98 USA v. DNA Plant Technology Criminal Information
04/26/98 IOWA: Ruling On Certain Defendants' Motion To Dismiss The court ruling, from STIC
05/97 WISCONSIN vs. Philip Morris, et. al.
Court TV Library: Tobacco Cases
The following titles/descriptions are from the CourtTV site. There is some duplication of other items on this page.
Video Transcripts Available for Dana Raulerson v. R.J. Reynolds
Court TV has video transcripts available for this case from Jacksonville, Florida.
Florida Reaches Settlement with Tobacco Companies
You can also find all the documents pertaining to this case at STIC including the 08/25/97 Florida Settlement
Florida announced August 25, 1997 that it had reached a settlement for $11.3 billion with tobacco companies. The lawsuit, aimed at punishing the industry and recovering Medicaid expenses spent on sick and terminally ill smokers, originally sought $12.3 billion ($1.3 billion for tax money spent on sick smokers without insurance, $11 billion in punitive damages against the tobacco industry). Florida's settlement, which came as Congress is still mulling a proposed $368.5 billion national settlement between 40 states and the tobacco industry, is larger than Mississippi's $3.6 billion settlement reached on July 3. The following is Florida's settlement with the tobacco industry.Disgruntled Shareholders Given Go-Ahead to Sue
U.S. District Judge Michael Mukasey reversed his earlier dismissal of a suit brought against Philip Morris Companies, Inc. by disgruntled stockholders. Plaintiffs produced new evidence concerning the cigarette manufacturer's knowledge of nicotine's addictive properties to persuade Mukasey to issue the new opinion and order. Here is the April 8, 1996 order.Tobacco Companies Prevent Liggett from Disclosing Confidential Documents
The four largest tobacco manufacturers filed suit against the Liggett Group in an effort to prevent Liggett from disclosing confidential documents. The Liggett Group broke rank in March from the larger tobacco companies by settling a class-action lawsuit by smokers. The tobacco manufacturers argue that the documents were developed as joint work product at a time when Liggett took part in an industry-wide defense strategy against the class-action suits. On March 20, 1997, a North Carolina judge granted a temporary restraining order enjoining Liggett from disclosing jointly-owned confidential documents.Tobacco Companies Hope to Avert FDA Regulation
On February 10, 1997, the tobacco industry filed a motion for a summary judgment in their suit against the Food and Drug Administration, hoping to end attempts by the FDA to regulate tobacco production and advertising. The tobacco industry claims that the FDA has no jurisdiction to regulate tobacco and that given the power, it would "do everything it can to stamp out tobacco use in the United States, without regard to economic or other consequences and in violation of established congressional policy."New Jersey Sues Tobacco Companies
On September 9, 1996, New Jersey became the latest state to file suit against the nation's leading tobacco companies to recoup money spent on treating tobacco-related illnesses. The suit alleges that tobacco companies sold and marketed their products "knowing full and well that when the State of New Jersey's citizens used those cigarettes,...[they] would be substantially certain to suffer injury, disease, and illness, including cancer, emphysema, heart disease, and other illnesses causing disability and death and that the State of New Jersey itself would be economically injured thereby."Widow of Marlboro Man Sues Philip Morris
The widow of the "Marlboro Man" filed suit August 30, 1996 against the tobacco industry, alleging that its fraud and deceit contributed to David McLean's death from lung cancer. McLean was featured in a long-running campaign for Philip Morris' most popular brand of cigarettes. McLean's widow alleges that he routinely smoked as many as five packs of cigarettes a day in the course of shooting print and television commercials.Michigan Sues Tobacco Companies
Michigan is the thirteenth state to sue the nation's leading tobacco companies to recover health care costs from cigarette-related illnesses. In this suit, filed on August 21, 1996, Michigan also names several major wholesalers and vending machine operators as defendants.Kansas Sues Tobacco Companies
Kansas is one of the latest states to sue the nation's leading tobacco companies to recover health care costs incurred because of the harmful effects of cigarette smoke. The Kansas suit also cites violations of the state's Consumer Protection Act stemming from what it alleges were deceptive trade practices used by the tobacco industry in denying consumers accurate information on the health risks of smoking.Los Angeles County Sues Tobacco Companies
In this complaint against the nation's leading cigarette manufacturers, the County of Los Angeles alleges "that through a fraudulent course of conduct that has spanned decades, Defendants have manufactured, promoted, distributed or sold tobacco products to thousands of residents of the County knowing, but denying and concealing, that their tobacco products contain a highly addictive drug, known as nicotine, and have, unbeknownst to the public, controlled and manipulated the amount and big-availability of nicotine in their tobacco products for the purpose and with the intent of creating and sustaining addiction."Arch v. American Tobacco
After a federal appeals court did not grant class-action status to a lawsuit accusing the tobacco manufacturers of manipulating nicotine levels to keep smokers hooked and suppressing data that cigarettes are addictive, The Castano Plaintiffs Legal Committee announced its intention to pursue state-wide class actions across the country. This one was recently filed in Pennsylvania.Tobacco Companies Sue to Block Disclosure Law
Four tobacco companies filed this lawsuit against the state of Massachusetts to block enforcement of a tobacco disclosure law. The law requires tobacco companies to provide lists of ingredients in their products other than tobacco, water, and reconstituted tobacco. The companies claim the law would force them to give up trade secrets in violation of the Constitutional provisions against seizing property without compensation. They also claim the required disclosures would place an undue burden on interstate and foreign commerce.
- 01/16/98 MASSACHUSETTS: 1997 NICOTINE DISCLOSURE REPORT American Cancer Society Here's the Table Summary of brands.
Connecticut Sues Tobacco Companies
On July 18, 1996, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filed this suit against seven tobacco companies for $1 billion, charging that they had engaged in "conspiracy to mislead, deceive and confuse" the state and its residents about the debilitating and addictive effects of cigarettes. Two weeks ago, four tobacco companies sued Blumenthal in a pre-emptive strike, charging that his expected suit would unconstitutionally impede the interstate commerce of a legal product.
Philip Morris v. Blumenthal
On June 28, 1996, four tobaccco companies filed this suit against Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to prevent him from filing suit against the tobacco companies. Blumenthal is planning to file a suit against the companies seeking to recoup state funds spent on smoking-related illnesses.Minnesota v. Philip Morris
The Supreme Court denied a request for certiorari by the tobacco companies, allowing this order to stand in the State of Minnesota's suit to recover health care and other costs resulting from the use of tobacco products. The order covers creation of a central repository for discovery documents and allows plaintiff access to an internal tobacco industry database of research and litigation documents.Appeals Court Rejects Class Action Lawsuit Against Tobacco Industry
The tobacco industry won a major legal victory on May 23, 1996, when a federal appeals court refused to grant class-action status to a lawsuit accusing the companies of manipulating nicotine levels to keep smokers hooked and suppressing data that cigarettes are addictive.Maryland Sues Tobacco Companies
The State of Maryland has joined other states, including Massachusetts and Texas, in suing the tobacco industry to recover funds paid out for health care and other costs. The state argues that the costs were incurred because the "Big Six" tobacco concerns carried out a conspiracy of false warranties and disinformation to prevent potential smokers from realizing the likelihood of addiction and the health effects of smoking. The suit, filed May 1, 1996, claims that the addictive and carcinogenic effects of cigarette smoking have been known to the management in the tobacco industry for decades.
- 01/16/98 TEXAS Settleent
Texas Sues Tobacco Companies
Texas has become the seventh state to file suit against the tobacco industry, claiming the companies placed profits above the well-being of the American people, and that they deliberately suppressed evidence linking nicotine and various illnesses. The suit also alleges that the tobacco industry used advertising targeted at children to build their customer base, obscuring the addictive, unhealty elements of smoking. The lawsuit was filed in federal court on March 28, 1996.Statements of Former Philip Morris Employees
Three former employees of the Philip Morris company gave these sworn statements to the Food and Drug Administration. The statements seemingly contradict the company's publicly-held position on the purposes and nature of its own research into the effects of its products and the process of "restoring" nicotine to cigarette tobacco. The FDA is soliciting comment on these declarations.Tobacco Settlement: Liggett Group
The Liggett Group, the smallest of the nation's five major tobacco companies, has broken ranks with the rest of the industry and agreed to settle several huge liability suits. The largest suit that Liggett settled was the Castano action case in which about 60 law firms are suing on behalf of every U.S. smoker who claims to be addicted. This is the settlement.Media Attempts to Unseal Informer's Deposition
A group of newspapers filed this Dec. 4, 1995 motion to unseal the testimony of Jeffrey Wigand, a former researcher at Brown & Williamson, a tobacco company. Wigand provided information to 60 Minutes for a segment the TV news magazine chose not to air because of the risk of being sued. Wigand was deposed as an expert witness in the case of Moore v. American Tobacco Co., but his deposition has been placed under seal by the court.Tobacco Companies Sue Texas
A group of tobacco companies has filed suit against the Attorney General of Texas and various state departments to preempt a "threatened lawsuit" by the state. The tobacco companies claim that the state is preparing a suit against them for the costs incurred by Medicaid and other health programs due to the detrimental effects of cigarette smoking on Texans. They also claim that the state authorities are overreaching their authority and that any suit should be dismissed for various procedural reasons. Here is the Nov. 28, 1995 petition.Tobacco Company Sues Informer
Brown & Williamson has filed this suit against Jeffrey Wigand, a former employee, for allegedly breaching employee confidentiality agreements by providing information regarding the tobacco company's research and business operations to the media and to plaintiffs in a products liability suit.In a much reported sequence of events, Mr. Wigand provided information to CBS's "60 Minutes" for a segment which the network chose not to air because of the risk of being named a defendant in a suit much like this one. CBS has reportedly agreed to indemnify Mr. Wigand regarding this suit.
Broin v. Philip Morris Companies
A Florida court order permitting airline flight attendants to sue tobacco companies for second-hand smoke-related health problems.Florida v. U.S. Tobacco Companies
This is the full text of the complaint filed by the state of Florida against major tobacco companies "to force cigarette manufacturers to pay for the health care crises their products have caused." The complaint asks the court to order "the defendants to disgorge all profits from sales of cigarettes in Florida."N.Y. Smoking Complaint
A cigar-smoking New York City lawyer has filed a complaint challenging the City's new anti-smoking law, as it applies to cigars. The lawyer argues that there is no basis for assuming that studies showing harmful effects of second-hand cigarette smoke hold true for cigar smoke. He also challenges the constitutionality of the new law, and states, "Prior to January 1, 1995, a number of desirable women enjoyed the company of their cigar smoking male companions and understood the enhancing qualities of maleness."RJR Nabisco Complaint
RJR Nabisco's complaint against ABC for allegedly making false and defamatory statements. ABC accused RJR of adding significant amounts of nicotine to cigarettes to "hook" tobacco users.Confidential Info on Tobacco
Three documents in the matter involving tobacco manufacturer Brown & Williamson's attempt to recover confidential information from the University of California.The confidential information was mailed to the university anonymously. The return address on the envelop was "Mr. Butts," a character in the Doonesbury comic strip that parodies Washington tobacco lobbyists. Personal injury lawyers believe the materials could be helpful in litigation against the tobacco industry.
In this download:
1) Brown & Williamson's complaint
2) Brown & Williamson's memorandum of points in authorities in support of a request for a temporary restraining order
3) Brown & Williamson's memorandum of points in support of a writ of possessionTobacco Companies v. FDA
In response to the White House's announced initiative on childhood smoking and the FDA's moves towards imposing new restrictions on the tobacco industry, several tobacco firms filed this lawsuit against the FDA. The tobacco companies are seeking injunctions against what they consider an illegal overstepping of the limits of the FDA's congressionally-approved authority.
STATE TOBACCO INFORMATION CENTER LIBRARIES Lawsuits, state-by-state.
- 01/16/98 TEXAS Settleent
Texas Sues Tobacco Companies
Texas has become the seventh state to file suit against the tobacco industry, claiming the companies placed profits above the well-being of the American people, and that they deliberately suppressed evidence linking nicotine and various illnesses. The suit also alleges that the tobacco industry used advertising targeted at children to build their customer base, obscuring the addictive, unhealty elements of smoking. The lawsuit was filed in federal court on March 28, 1996.- STATE OF COLORADO ET AL. V. RJ REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO, ET AL.
- STATE OF NEW MEXICO ET AL. V. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., ET AL. (complaint)(
- STATE OF MISSOURI V. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., INC., ET AL.
- STATE OF ALASKA V. PHILIP MORRIS, INC, ET. AL.
- MCGRAW v AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. ET AL. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF KANAWHA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA
- STATE OF ARIZONA V. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. INC., ET AL.
- STATE OF KANSAS V RJ REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO ET AL.
- PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS v. PHILIP MORRIS ET AL.
- County of Los Angeles v. RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. et al.
- State of Connecticut v. Philip Morris, Inc. et al.
- STATE OF HAWAII V. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CO. ET AL.
Minnesota Case Documents
MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
- TRANSCRIPTS: Minnesota v. Tobacco
- MORE TRANSCRIPTS: Putnam Pit First Amendment Center Is the timely release of court and legislative documents for the rich, or corporate entities only? Or do they belong to the people whose government it is? The dirty little secret about the records of our own government's proceedings.
- Hot Quotes from Minnesota's Tobacco Trial
- Orders by Judge Kenneth J. Fitzpatrick [NEW LINK] The State of Minnesota and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota vs. Philip Morris Inc., et al Case File #62-C1-94-008565
- Minnesota Blue Cross/Blue Shield Tobacco WebSite
- Trial Exhibits The released documents, as they're released
- Witness List
- Fact Sheets
- Minnesota Tobacco Litigation from the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Features include web links, archives, chat, a daily briefing and a nice Trial Guide St. Paul Pioneer Press
- Tobacco on Trial from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. Stories, a WWII + timeline, plus a trial timeline, trial details, web links, bulletin board.
- If You're Going . . . Courtroom schedule, upcoming witnesses, procedure for seating from the Minnesota court system
- 02/20/98 If you want to go . . . Short precis from Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
- Minnesota Resources/News Archive Tobacco BBS
- 02/10/98 MINNESOTA: Report of Special Master STIC
The Feb. 20, 1998 Report by Minnesota SM Mark GeehanMinnesota v. Philip Morris Court TV
The Supreme Court denied a request for certiorari by the tobacco companies, allowing this order to stand in the State of Minnesota's suit to recover health care and other costs resulting from the use of tobacco products. The order covers creation of a central repository for discovery documents and allows plaintiff access to an internal tobacco industry database of research and litigation documents.
- 01/05/98 ORDER REQUIRING FORMER EMPLOYEES OF BATCo. TO APPEAR FOR DEPOSITION 01/05/98
Plaintiffs' request for relief in the form of Reconsideration of their Motion to Compel Depositions of Sir Patrick Sheehy, Raymond Thornton, Alan Heard, and Lionel Blackman, to Compel Production of Agreements Between Them and BAT Group, and for an Order Establishing the Twin Cities as the Location of all BAT Group Depositions came before the Honorable Kenneth J. Fitzpatrick, sua sponte.
01/05/98 ORDER REFERRING REVIEW OF CERTAIN MATTERS FILED UNDER SEAL ON NOVEMBER 21, 1997 TO SPECIAL MASTER 01/05/98 ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO SERVE AND FILE SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT
12/17/97 REPORT OF SPECIAL MASTER: FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND RECOMMENDATIONS 12/16/97 ORDER WITH RESPECT TO NON-LIGGETT DEFENDANTS¹OBJECTIONS TO THE SPECIAL MASTER¹S REPORT
California asbestos case to consider tobacco? A trial judge in SF Superior Court, Ollie Marie Victoire, today asked the parties in an asbestos trial to submit trial briefs on the issue of retroactive effects of California SB 49. This is the defendant's lawfirms' brief.
- It is the position of this defendant that . . . the adoption of Senate Bill 49 into law has retroactive effect which (even if prior interpretations of legislative intent had been correct) allows the jury to consider the fault of tobacco manufacturers in allocating fault under Proposition 51 for items of damages caused jointly by smoking and asbestos exposure.
- this Court has determined that the proposed settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate, and clearly in the best interest of the Class. Based upon the foregoing, this Court hereby grants Final Approval of the proposed Settlement in its entirety, and directs the parties to implement and comply with the Settlement Agreement in accordance with its terms and the Order and Final Judgment of this Court entered on February 3, 1998.
Oyez allows you to actually hear arguments and the Reargument
Minnesota Case Documents
- 12/17/97 FLORIDA State's Tobacco Page
- 8/26/97 FLORIDA Tobacco Agreement Courtesy STIC
- 8/26/97 Press Conference Following Florida Tobacco Settlement With: Florida Governor Lawton Chiles and Robert Butterworth, Florida State Attorney General West Palm Beach, Florida 12:15 P.M. Edt Monday, August 25, 1997 Federal News Service
- This is the full text of an order permitting airline flight attendants as a class to sue tobacco companies for second-hand smoke-related health problems.
- 01/15/98 Details From the Secret RJR Documents Washington Post/ASH
- 02/14/98 Mangini Documents 5 RJR/Joe Camel Documents from Henry Waxman's Office on Smoking Gun
- This collection of internal RJR documents focuses on the company's efforts to cultivate (and cash in on) the youth market, a predatory campaign that included the introduction of the cartoonish, and kid-friendly, Joe Camel character. These records were released in January by Representative Henry Waxman . . . these documents include: Smoke Camel, Be Masculine (5 pages) The Hilton Head Manifesto (11 pages) Lucky Number 13 (1 page) Meet The Turk (1 page) Promoting Poison (1 page)
- Although there are probably many reasons for the loss, some jurors said they felt that cigarette companies should share some responsibility for the death and disability they cause, but that the judge's instructions precluded them from making the award.
- Andrew Schindler, President, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco--Part 1
- Schindler, Part 2
- Schindler, Part 3
- Schindler, Part 4
- Alexander Spears, Chairman, Lorillard Tobacco Co.--Part 1
- Spears, Part 2
- Spears, Part 3
Teens
- The Last Straw? The 4/96 Journal of Marketing study that found kids 3 times more sensitive to tobacco advertising than adults. From the AMA
- Outdoor Advertising Assn. of America's Code of Principles-- Advertising Practices for Children. Their annual report talks of the Lawsuit against the FDA
- Model Teen Counseling Session from the Public Policy Assessment Association. Pegasus is the Australian link in the Association for Progressive Communications, an international network specialising in environment, local government, sustainable development, education, media, global issues, health and human rights.
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 20, 1995 On Teen Smoking
Charts and Graphs
- 9/3/97 CDC's Tobacco Information Sourcepage: Research, Data, Reports
- 12/24/97 MMWR Weekly Report: Cigarette Smoking Among Adults --- United States, 1995 December 26, 1997, Vol. 46 / No. 51
- 1/8/99 Preemptive State Tobacco-Control Laws -- United States, 1982-1998 CDC
- The 1992 federal Synar Amendment, which required states to enact and enforce minors' access laws, resulted in the passage of new laws (many of which included preemptive provisions) in several states. This, coupled with the Tobacco Institute's 1993 stated priority to promote tobacco-control laws with preemptive provisions, may have contributed to this increase. However, since 1996, no preemptive tobacco-control laws have been passed, possibly because of an increased community awareness of the potential harmful effects of preemption and a shift in industry priorities from state to federal restrictions and ongoing litigation.
- 9/3/97 WHO's GLOBAL STATUS REPORT Country-by-country demographics; agriculture, production, consumption, mortality figures; updates on tobacco control measures. A fantastic resource.
- Drug Statistics Home Page
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) Search Engine for a trove of study and statistics abstracts.
Alternate address: - 12/22/96 National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information's Smoking Database Search this massive database for bibiliographic abstracts. A huge resource.
- 11/16/97 GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT: Up in Smoke Great collection of stats on: Profile of the American Smoker, Cigarettes Sold in U.S., Cigarettes Sold Outside the U.S., Advertising dollars spent in 1995, Seconhand Smoke, Cost of Tobacco, Deaths, Cigar Smoking, Smokeless Tobacco, Pipe Smoking. LA Times
- 11/15/97 GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT: Database: Smoking Cigarettes US News
- Forty-eight million Americans have broken their habit since the first Smokeout; 48 million still smoke; some 34 million say they want to quit. . . The average age of a first-time smoker in this country is 13. More than 3 million American adolescents smoke cigarettes. . . The average smoker spends $900 a year on cigarettes. Sales of smoking-cessation aids are up 41,000 percent from a year ago
- The tobacco industry's proposed settlement with states may cost more than $300 billion. To subsidize this huge payment, tobacco companies may raise cigarette prices. A look at the average cost of cigarettes and how much people smoke.
- 05/20/97 Cigarette Trends in US
- 05/20/97 Cost of Cigarettes
- 05/20/97 How Much People Smoke
Commentary
- Reporter on Smoking and Health, Nov, Dec, 1963
- 04/29/97 Dr. Michael Evans Criticism of Dr. Stan Glantz' Restaurant Study In Word 6.0 format, provided by the National Smokers Alliance.
- Kluger proposes a 5-point peace plan
- The Tobacco WarsNew York Times reporter Phil Hilts addresses issues involved in covering tobacco. A presentation at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy on November 14, 1995. From the Harvard School of Public Health
- Tobacco as fuel and as food
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