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Cigarette Company Paid for Lung Cancer Study
by Gardiner Harris, The New York Times, March 26, 2008

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Some Campuses Decide Tobacco Company Money Is ‘Tainted’
by Alan Finder, The New York Times, February 4, 2008

Notice that the actual name of Philip Morris's parent company--Altria--does not appear until almost the end of the article. Interesting.

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Six Killers: Lung Disease--From Smoking Boom, a Major Killer of Women by Denise Grady, The New York Times, November 29, 2007

clipped from www.nytimes.com

Cigarette-maker Altria pulls the rug out

As a Company Leaves Town, Arts Grants Go With It

by Andrew Martin

Published: October 8, 2007, The New York Times

New York’s arts community is bracing itself as one of its top donors, the tobacco giant Altria, prepares to move.

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Justices Deal Setback to Tobacco Companies

Justices Deal Setback to Tobacco Companies

By Bloomberg News

Published: October 2, 2007, The New York Times

Cigarette makers have lost a Supreme Court bid to prevent smokers in Florida lawsuits from taking advantage of jury findings against the industry.

Swedish Smokeless Tobacco Aims at U.S. Market

by Mark Landler and Andrew Martin
Published: October 3, 2007, The New York Times

The American tobacco industry is looking to snus - moist ground tobacco that users tuck between the cheek and the gum - as a potentially profitable alternative to cigarettes.