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Smoke Screen: U.S. Tobacco Overseas
November 15, 2000
Listen/download helpThe U.S. tobacco industry is paying record-breaking settlements to states and consumer groups for health care costs related to smoking cigarettes. But to what extent are multibillion dollar losses in court really hurting the industry as U.S. tobacco companies rush overseas. On this program, we take a look at health costs in the international tobacco trade.
Featuring:
Stella Aguinaga-Bialous, WHO's Tobacco Free Initiative Campaign; Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association; Dr. Stanton Glantz, author, "Tobacco Wars" and "The Cigarette Papers" ; Ross Hammond, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; Coumba Toure, Institut d'Education Populaire; Robert Weissman, Essential Action.
For more information:
WHO's Tobacco Free Initiative Campaign
stella@bialous.com
www.who.int/toh/
www.ash.org.uk
Organic Consumers Association
6101 Cliff Estate Rd
Little Marais, Minnesota 55614
218-226-4164;
fax: (218) 226-4157
www.purefood.org
The tobacco industry papers are posted at:
www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco
"Tobacco Wars" and "The Cigarette Papers" is published by University of California Press
Tobacco Free Kids
www.tobaccofreekids.org
Institut d'Education Populaire
PO Box 42A
Kati MALI
Essential Action
PO Box 19405
Washington, DC 20036
202-387-8030;
fax: 202-234-5176; action@essential.org
www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/index.html