Mexican tobacco growers: Economically shunned by industry, still used as lobbyists

By Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab

Big Tobacco cultivates more people, less land, in Mexico

Excerpts from this story referencing "Cigar":

"… overnment privatized national tobacco production. BAT eventually purchased Cigarrera La Moderna and Philip Morris increased its shares in Slim´s Cigatam. …"

Overview: The tobacco lobby goes global

By Ricardo Sandoval Palos

The tobacco lobby goes global

How the spin doctors talked up tobacco as thousands died

By Bill Birnbauer

AUSTRALIA, April 25, 2002 — Cigarette companies knew as early as the 1950s that they would need a healthy image to protect their profits. So

Excerpts from this story referencing "Cigar":

"… e disputed by the industry, which continued to deny the link. …"

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Part II: A troubled model for reform in Mexico

By Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab

A troubled model for reform in Mexico

Excerpts from this story referencing "Cigar":

"… e remains a major player in the industry. His longtime tobacco company was Cigarros La Tabacalera Mexicana, and he holds a particular fondness for the Mexi …"

Mapping the impact of illicit cigarettes

By Te-Ping Chen

Mapping the impact of the contraband cigarettes trade is no mean feat. Our story today, "Canada’s Boom in Smuggled Cigarettes," took months

Excerpts from this story referencing "Cigar":

"… rettes trade is no mean feat.Our story today, "Canada’s Boom in Smuggled Cigarettes," took months to detail how Indian factories and organized crime cont …"

FDA cigarette study casts doubt on whether new warning labels would help smokers quit

By Kimberly Leonard

Research casts doubts on whether new warning labels will help smokers quit
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In India, bidi industry's clout trumps health initiatives

By Murali Krishnan and Shantanu Guha Ray

Bidi makers in India adopt Big Tobacco tactics to avoid reforms on smoking and excise taxes

Excerpts from this story referencing "Maharashtra":

"… s the $5 billion CeeJay Group, the largest bidi maker in India’s western Maharashtra state. The company also has interest in pharmaceuticals and financial serv …"

"… political juice intact.“He is powerful and legislators in his home state Maharashtra owe blind allegiance to him,” said a federal legislator who is close to …"

"… s an estimated 50,000 women across eight states.On paper, for example, the Maharashtra state government has only 19 registered bidi companies but industry analys …"

"… product’s great cost to Indian society.Praful Patel –the bidi boss in Maharashtra state – once promoted bidi as the best employment option for women."If t …"

Public health suffers as Indonesia ignores calls for tobacco reform

By Andreas Harsono

Home of the 'smoking baby,' 200,000 Indonesians die every year from smoking-related illnesses

Excerpts from this story referencing "Cigar":

"… “Sampoerna.” In Malay the word means “perfect.”Don’t Talk About CigarettesTulus Abadi, coordinator of the Indonesian Consumers Foundation, which …"

"… The government should finance this research,” the protestor shouted. “Cigarettes are proven to have the potential to cure diseases.”The Indonesian A …"

Overview

By Marina Walker Guevara

Tobacco is the most widely smuggled legal substance, and it's trafficking fuels organized crime and corruption

Excerpts from this story referencing "Cigar":

"… he way, with huge numbers failing to arrive at their intended destination. Cigarettes, for example, may sit for weeks in free trade zones in Panama or Duba …"

"… ong our findings:• Terrorism and Tobacco: Extremists, Insurgents Turn to Cigarette Smuggling. Terrorists are increasingly turning to Cigarette smuggling …"

"… A Massive Underground Industry Makes China the World Leader in Counterfeit Cigarettes. China now produces an unprecedented 400 billion counterfeit Cigarett …"

"… ent black market, law enforcement officials say.• Ukraine’s “Lost” Cigarettes Flood Europe: Big Tobacco’s Overproduction Feeds $2 Billion Black M …"

China’s Marlboro Country

By Te-Ping Chen

A massive underground industry makes China the world leader in counterfeit cigarettes

Excerpts from this story referencing "Cigar":

"… e-third of the world’s tobacco: an overwhelming 2.2 trillion Cigarettes. Cigarette-related mortality levels, too, are equally staggering, with fully one- …"

"… counterfeiters have invited retired workers from the state-owned Shanghai Cigarette Factory — home to some of China’s top brands — to tour Yunxiao f …"

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