"Just because it's green, we don't have to take it," said Paula Murray, associate dean at the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business, to The New York Times. Murray was referring to her school's recent decision to cut off all funding from Philip Morris, a cigarette manufacturer that has donated over $308,500 to business schools like McCombs since 1989. The … [Read more...] about Universities Reject Funding From Tobacco Companies
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Tobacco Industry Puts Profits Before Kids in Defeating Oregon Ballot Initiative
Statement of William V. Corr, Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Tobacco or Kids? Who has values? Washington, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- By telling $12 million worth of lies, the Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds tobacco companies have again protected their profits at the expense of children. By defeating a ballot initiative to increase Oregon's … [Read more...] about Tobacco Industry Puts Profits Before Kids in Defeating Oregon Ballot Initiative
Act Now on Cigarettes, Expert Says
An Australian adviser to the World Health Organisation has warned the ingredients of strawberry jam face tougher regulation than the deadly contents of cigarettes and has urged the Federal Government to act immediately. A leading international expert on the health impacts of tobacco smoke, Dr Nigel Gray said he was disgusted that carcinogens in cigarettes remained … [Read more...] about Act Now on Cigarettes, Expert Says
Tobacco Campaign Tops Record $11 million (Oregonian)
The tobacco money against Oregon's Measure 50's proposed cigarette tax increase keeps piling in. Philip Morris has donated another $1.1 million to the campaign, putting total contributions to that effort over $11 million. Philip Morris, the Richmond, Virginia,-based maker of Marlboro cigarettes, and its parent company have donated $6.9 million to Stop The Measure 50 Tax … [Read more...] about Tobacco Campaign Tops Record $11 million (Oregonian)
Reynolds American Adds $304,000 to Fight Oregon Measure 50
Dave Hogan from The Oregonian reported today that: Reynolds American, the makers of Camel cigarettes, has contributed another $304,000 to the record-setting campaign against Measure 50, which would raise Oregon's cigarette tax by 85 cents a pack." Reynolds, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., has now contributed $4.6 million to the Oregonians Against The Blank Check campaign … [Read more...] about Reynolds American Adds $304,000 to Fight Oregon Measure 50
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