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[Tobacco taxation] |
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Page, ET |
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Resource: |
New South Wales Hansard |
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Date: |
30 September 1986 |
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Rating: |
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191 (1986) |
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4185 |
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Parliamentary debate |
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(Assembly: Page is commenting on many things. This is mid speech.) The Leader of the Opposition bemoaned the increase in tobacco tax. I certainly support that increase. Responsible governments should do everything possible to discourage people from smoking. The tobacco lobby reacts dramatically when anyone suggests that something is wrong with its product. I know of no person involved in health matters or a health organization that gives any support to the smoking of tobacco. They all say it leads to many medical problems. Recently, I saw Dick Smith of television. He had courageously inserted ... |
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Title: |
[Letter to J. Mostyn, C/- Tobacco Institute of Australia, which formed part of a fax sent to G. Bible, Philip Morris International on December 4, 1992 concerning a political meeting] |
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Author: |
Brownbill, G |
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Organisation: |
ACIL Australia Pty Ltd |
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Bates: |
2048203747/2048203747 |
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Date: |
24 November 1992 |
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Source: |
Philip Morris |
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Page Count: |
1 |
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Type: |
Letter |
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Summary: |
Cover letter from George Brownbill, ACIL to Jerome Mostyn, Tobacco Institute of Australia concerning a meeting between Jerome Mostyn of the Tobacco Institute of Australia and Dr. Woods, the Shadow Minister for Health in the Liberal/National Party Coalition.
The Tobacco Institute's Jerome Mostyn and industry consultant George Brownbill from the ACIL economics consultancy met with Dr Bob Woods, the then Federal Liberal Opposition's health portfolio spokesman.
See also PM2048203746 (fax cover page) and PM2048203747 (letter from George Brownbill, ACIL to Jerome Mostyn, Tobacco Institute of Aus... |
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| 3. |
Title: |
Tobacco group eye on judges |
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Author: |
Birnbauer, W |
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Resource: |
The Sunday Age |
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Date: |
27 March 2005 |
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4 |
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Type: |
Newspaper article |
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Summary: |
Reports on a testimony by whistleblower, Frederick Gulson, formerly the legal counsel for Australian tobacco company WD & HO Wills, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco. The testimony was given in the case United States of America vs Philip Morris Civil Action No. 99-CV-02496.
Gulson's testimony refers to Wills' policy of destroying potentially damaging documents so that they cannot be uncovered during court cases.
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Title: |
Court allows access to tobacco files |
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Author: |
Crossland, A. |
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Resource: |
The Australian Financial Review |
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Date: |
5 November 2002 |
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9 |
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Type: |
Newspaper article |
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Summary: |
The New South Wales court has allowed access to documents from the Tobacco Institute of Australia in order to prove a conspiracy between tobacco companies to mislead Australians regarding the dangers of smoking. |
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Copyright: |
Copyright restrictions prevent us from showing you the contents of this document. |
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Title: |
Legal threat deters researchers |
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Author: |
Mitchell, B |
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Resource: |
The Age |
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Date: |
22 October 1996 |
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A2 |
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Type: |
Newspaper article |
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Summary: |
The Tobacco Institute of Australia threatened legal action to prevent three researchers from the National Health and Medical Research Council from presenting a paper on passive smoking at a medical conference. The institute currently has a lawsuit against the report attempting to prevent it from being published. |
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| 7. |
Title: |
A Non-Smoking" Scare |
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Resource: |
The Australian Retail Tobacconist |
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Date: |
April 1979 |
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3 |
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Type: |
Magazine article |
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Summary: |
The Tobacco Institute of Australia has issued a statement that scare tactics are being used by the anti-smoking groups because the alleged health effects of smoking have not been proven. |
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Title: |
Smokers' Rights Film Campaign |
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Resource: |
The Australian Retail Tobacconist |
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Date: |
May 1979 |
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Page: |
2 |
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Type: |
Magazine article |
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Summary: |
The Tobacco Institute of Australia has made a film advocating for smokers' rights and will screen it in Canberra to politicians, public servants, journalists and representatives of the tobacco industry. |
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Title: |
People Who Build Walls |
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Resource: |
The Australian Retail Tobacconist |
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Date: |
October 1979 |
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Page: |
4 |
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Type: |
Magazine article |
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Summary: |
Text from advertisements run in the USA by the Tobacco Institute encouraging cooperation and open-mindedness between smokers and non-smokers to prevent anti-smoking legislation from being passed.
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Advertising Campaign in Western Australia |
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Resource: |
The Australian Retail Tobacconist |
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Date: |
October 1983 |
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Rating: |
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Page: |
1 |
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Type: |
Magazine article |
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Summary: |
The Tobacco Institute of Australia has published advertisements to combat the proposed legislation in Western Australia to ban the advertising of tobacco products. |
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