Wisconsin Leaders Beholden to Tobacco Interests, Groups Say
- By Richard P. Jones. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel] Advocates for campaign finance reform and a smoke-free environment say that Wisconsin is squandering $1.3 billion in tobacco settlement money to solve its fiscal crisis because it's beholden to tobacco com
- http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=54018

Minnesota: The Truth About Big Tobacco
- Reports on tobacco lobbyists and tobacco industry front groups in the state of Minnesota.
- http://www.smokefreecoalition.org/truth/

Tobacco Money Buys Votes
- Common Cause Florida report examines how the tobacco industry uses campaign contributions to influence the legislative process in Florida.
- http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030824/COLUMNISTS0302/308240467/1110/EDIT

Influence of the Tobacco Industry on Wisconsin Tobacco Control Policies
- 112 page report covers tobacco industry lobbying, influence on local and Wisconsin state government, influence on restaurant and private business, fighting clean indoor air, manipulating the media, and undermining science.
- http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/mep/departments/documents/fs_documents.html

While Making Deal, Philip Morris Officials Gave to Thompson
- News article. "As their lawyers were hammering out a multibillion-dollar settlement with the states, Philip Morris executives did their best to clog Gov. Tommy G. Thompson's campaign coffers with cash."
- http://www.jsonline.com/news/spice/1119spice.asp

Tobacco and Its Money Have Minority Allies in New York
- New York Times article covers Philip Morris and R. J. Reyolds money in Black and Hispanic organizations, and its influence on smoking and tobacco legislation.
- http://www.tcsg.org/tobacco/minorities/minoritymoney.htm

Tobacco Lobby Political Influence on US State Legislatures in the 1990s
- Research paper examines recently released tobacco industry documents, examines how the industry advanced a pro-tobacco agenda in state legislatures in the 1990s, analysis the industry's market and political motivations and strategies.
- http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/10/2/124

Philip Morris and Gifts to Legislators
- Short article on money and gifts accepted by Virginia legislators from Philip Morris, and pending tobacco issues before the Virginia legislature.
- http://www.people.vcu.edu/~jcsouth/on-the-lege-2000/project/philip-morris.htm

Blowing Smoke Rings Around the Statehouses
- Washington Monthly article on tobacco industry lobbying in state legislatures.
- http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/archives/9605.mintz.html

Tobacco Lobbyists Have Earned Their Pay
- 1997 Pulitzer prize winning editorial on tobacco lobbyists in the state of Iowa, how they served the tobacco industry, and influenced what laws get on the books.
- http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1997/editorial-writing/works/2.html

Tobacco Institute Llobbying at the State and Local Levels of Government in the 1990s
- Paper in scientific journal examines money spent, purposes, and effectiveness of tobacco industry lobbying on state and city governments.
- http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/11/suppl_1/i102

Lobbyist Lurking in Disguise
- Seattle times story covers how a Philip Morris lobbyist works.
- http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=godden13&date=20010713

While Making deal, Philip Morris officials gave to Thompson
- "As their lawyers were hammering out a multibillion-dollar settlement with the states, Philip Morris executives and their subsidiaries did their best to clog Gov. Tommy Thompson's campaign coffers with cash." Article explains. (Thompson is now U
- http://www.jsonline.com/news/Spice/1119spice.asp

Tobacco Industry Power and Influence in Florida
- Summary of recent research.
- http://www.cleanlungs.com/education/features/power.html