Daily Media Wrap: Less than two days after Rudd’s ETS backflip, the government has pulled a sleight of hand: announcing it will introduce tough new laws for cigarette packets. Ta-da! Health is back on the national agenda.
Big Tobacco
Join in the hunt for dodgy tobacco marketing
Researchers from the University of Sydney are exploring how the tobacco industry is exploiting Facebook, Youtube and Twitter to promote its products. Help them in their hunt for social media smoking shame.
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Big Tobacco’s big cover-up
The US tobacco industry has been secretly meeting with the Solicitor General in a desperate attempt to stay out of the Supreme Court over the landmark 10-year-old racketeering lawsuit that found the industry deliberately concealed the dangers of smoking, AP reveals.
The handy guide to dealing with consumer concern about sugar
A letter from US Big Sugar to its Australian counterpart on how to get around those pesky health warnings. The letter may or may not be fictional but witty satire.
