Resources | Tobacco Industry
Top 3 US Tobacco Product Corporations
Altria Group (Philip Morris)
2009 Total Revenues: $23.6 billion
2009 Tobacco Revenues: $21.5 billion
2008 Election cycle political contributions
by Altria Group PAC: $702,000
2010 Election cycle: $832,850
2010 Lobbying expenditures: $10.3 million
Reynolds American (RJ Reynolds)
2009 Revenues: $8.4 billion
2008 Election cycle political contributions
by RJ Reynolds PAC: $644,500
2010 Election cycle: $419,550
2010 Lobbying expenditures: $4.3 million
Loews Corp (Lorillard)
2009 Total Revenues: $5.23 billion
2006 Tobacco Revenues: $3.9 billion
2008 Election cycle political contributions
by Lorillard PAC: $191,000
2010 Election cycle: $128,000
2010 Total Lobbying expenditures: $2.17 million
Overall Tobacco Industry Political Contributions:
Since 1997, more than $34.7 million
INDUSTRY ALLIES
Association for Convenience and Fuel Retailing
Center for Consumer Freedom
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Forces
National Association of Tobacco Outlets
Tobacco Manufacturers Association (United Kingdom)
GOVERNMENT/REGULATORY AGENCIES INVOLVED IN TOBACCO CONTROL
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Centers for Disease Control
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
NATIONAL RESOURCES
Organizations and Campaigns Challenging Industry Practices
American Cancer Society
Americans for Non-Smokers' Rights
American Heart Association
Legacy Foundation
American Lung Association
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
The Cigarette Papers
Nightingales Nurses
Smoke Free Movies
Tobacco Control Archives
Commercial Alert
Gay American Smoke Out
Harvard Center for Society and Health
Join Together
National Association of African Americans for Positive Imagery
National African American Tobacco Prevention Network
The National Latino Council on Tobacco and Alcohol Prevention
SmokeFree.net
Sourcewatch
INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES
Organizations and Campaigns Challenging Industry Practices
Action on Smoking and Health
Communities Under Siege: United Against the Globalization of Big Tobacco
CorpWatch
Corporate Accountability International
Essential Action
Global Exchange
Global Partnership for Tobacco Control
International Network of Women Against Tobacco
Multinational Monitor
Selected References on Tobacco Industry Practices and Health
Impact of the Practices of the Tobacco Industry on Health: Selected References
This list of references is based on a literature review conducted in 2006–2008 by Corporations and Health Watch staff. We invite readers to send us additional references.
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