Tobacco companies


Political snippets: A silly free plug for Winfield

They must be giving thanks at British American Tobacco to Attorney General Nicola Roxon.

The case for plain packaging of tobacco

Blogger Alister Air takes a long, hard look at the plain packaging debate.

Wolfmother gets schooled by the last frontier of Marlboro Country

Wolfmother has been told to play at a tobacco-sponsored and “do it for the fans”.

Academic blood sport at Melbourne University

If tobacco companies are indeed funding the “neither confirm nor deny” IPA, they might reflect on the value of their investment.

Gittins: Australia is no longer a miner player

Australia has a long history of brilliant political ideas — preferential voting, HECs system — yet lately we wimp out on big ideas that have international repercussions. We’re not as small as we think we are, writes Ross Gittins.

‘Cancer man’: cigarette companies don’t deserve sympathy

Tobacco companies are well aware of the addictive and dangerous nature of their products. I know, I used to work at one and we’d send free ciggies out to influential decision makers, writes David Donovan.

The Coca-Cola Chronicles: Spinning with Big Sugar

Is Big Sugar starting to sound a lot like Big Tobacco? asks David Gillespie.

What the tobacco company didn’t tell SMH readers

The Sydney Morning Herald recently carried a glossy supplement, featuring a British American Tobacco Australia (BATA) promotion, writes Ross MacKenzie.

There’s no smoking without smoke

We forget at our peril that the purpose of government is to protect its citizens’ rights — not to make them richer or healthier or more virtuous. Among those that seem to have forgotten this is the anti-tobacco lobby.