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While political observers have dissected much of yesterday’s 5-4 Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission,

A flurry of federal enforcement action targeting payoffs by subsidiaries of two U.S. tobacco companies may signal a broader regulatory assau

Philip Morris International says it will continue to make its case to governments worldwide that are working to implement an international t

Uruguay, a focus of ICIJ’s “Smoke Screen,” a series this week on tobacco industry lobbying in developing nations, is back in the news with

The tobacco lobby goes global

Both parties in the U.S. Senate voted today to preserve the status quo in leadership, keeping Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell at the helm. As

Some states might have collected more through cigarette tax

Broke state governments may owe $5.2 billion to big tobacco companies

These stories first appeared in The Age on April 12-13, 2002. They are reposted here with permission.