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	The Decade-Long Scandal that Makes Enron Look Like Small Potatoes - Columnist Herb Denenbert comments on how little the government does about tobacco's toll. Rate this
	Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored" - The deaths of five million people in the UK from smoking-related diseases have been partly blamed on decades of government inaction. Rate this
	White House Sought to Soften Anti-Terrorism Legislation in Support of Tobacco Companies - As Congress rushed to pass a bill aimed at cracking down on terrorists, the White House pushed a measure that would protect the tobacco industry. Rate this
	States Hooked on Tobacco Money - State governments work to protect Big Tobacco: Wall Street Journal article. Rate this
	U.S. Support for Tobacco Overseas: Going Out of Business? - Industry influence in different administrations is compared. Rate this
	Asia Times: Japanese Government Addicted To Tobacco - Article on the government of Japan's ties to the Japanese tobacco industry, and the effect on health programs in Japan. Rate this
	Still Waiting to Exhale - Public Citizen 1998 report subtitled: "Do Nothing" Republican leaders do their thing for Big Tobacco contributors. Rate this
	Critical Analysis of FDA Tobacco Legislation - Analysis of S2461 reveals critical flaws, concludes this legislation benefits the tobacco industry more than public health. Rate this
	Kentucky Legislators' Views on Tobacco Policy - Research into policymakers' views in a tobacco state performs a survey of 116 Kentucky legislators. Surprisingly, they were highly supportive of reducing the state's dependence on tobacco and more supportive of tobacco control policies than expected. Rate this

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• Government? - “We need to abolish advertising for public positions and all parties and lobbies or any corruption that comes from it. I want a penalty of four times the usual and an exclusion from any important job to go along with it in any case of willful corruption....
• Obese Government - Very few people (including members of Congress) actually grasp the numbers involved in the federal budget. The total net "economy" of the United States is about $9.25 trillion. That represents the t...
• Government Grants - What are they and how to get them ? - None of these Government Grants require a credit check, collateral, security deposits or co-signers, you can apply even if you have a bankruptcy or bad credit, it doesn't matter. Its Free Money Never...
• Government Grants - What Are They And How To Get Them? - ...
• Accountability In Government - The government is the biggest employer in the world. They hire and maintain more employees than any other organization in history.
  
  The question is whether the elected officials (who are really employees of every person in their jurisdiction, voted...
• Government Against Diets - ...
• Faith in Our Government - ...
• Use the Government Programs We Already Have - I’ve been doing some research for an electronic book that I decided to write and self-publish over the internet. This research has led me to some conclusions concerning our country and the possibilities that exist for citizens to create wealth and a comfo...
• The Government Wants You to Smoke - ...
• Whose Afraid of the Government; Whose the Government Afraid of? - ...