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  • ...> Pfizer is a member of one of the most important global corporate lobby groups, the International Chamber of Commerce. <ref>"[http://www.iccwbo.org/id1969 ...or a long list of controversial corporations, including some from the oil, tobacco, pharma, fast food, and GM industry. It worked too for repressive regimes,
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  • '''Cato Institute''' is a ‘public policy research organization - think tank’ which was founded 1977 by [[Edward H. ...ashington.<ref> [http://www.tobacco.org/articles/org/cato/ Cato Institute] Tobacco.org Website, Accessed 31 January 2010 </ref>
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  • The '''American Enterprise Institute''' for Public Policy Research (AEI) was founded in 1943 and is located in Washington, DC. It is often called the Godfather of Washington neoconservative lobby groups and is America's richest, largest and most influential think tank. It was r
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  • ==Influencing government policy== ...the think tank [[Policy Exchange]] as a root to influencing UK government policy. The firm's managing director, [[Tim Collins (politician and lobbyist)|Tim
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  • ...|thumb|right|200px| Durodie's 1999 pamphlet ''Poisonous Dummies'', for the Tobacco industry funded [[European Science and Environment Forum]]]] ...for Security Analysis]], and Senior Research Fellow in the [[International Policy Institute]], within the [[War Studies Group]] of [[King's College London]].
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  • ...ental safety regulations are based, and it was initially a creation of the tobacco industry, which promoted the idea of "junk science" and overregulation. ...]), to the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] and later the [[International Policy Network]] and the [[Sustainable Development Network]]. The IEA itself has
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  • ...iving Marxism]]. [[Global Futures]] appears to be one of a series of front groups generated by the political network of individuals involved with [[LM]] and :[[Philip Harding]] (controller of Editorial Policy, BBC) | [[Steve Connor]] (Science Editor, The Independent) | Dr [[Graham Ea
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  • ...d Bank]], following five years contributing to and directing biotechnology policy studies with the Office of Technology Assessment of the United States Congr ...i and well known for its fervent support of deregulation, GM crops and Big Tobacco, the [[Liberty Institute]] is part of the same coalition that organized the
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  • ...>[http://www.policynetwork.net/main/content.php?content_id=4 International Policy Network website], undated, accessed March 2006</ref> ...[Sourcewatch:Philip Morris|Philip Morris]]. He also solicited money of the tobacco industry for a book on risk and smoking, and [[Julian Morris]] was a witnes
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  • ...of these products to governments, industry, academia, and other interested groups around the world.<ref>ILSI 2008. [http://web.archive.org/web/20080106130251 ...public health policy directions... that are counter to accepted nutrition policy (especially related to obesity, alcohol, caries and chronic disease causes
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  • ...Consumers for Civil Society]] (ICCS) and the London-based [[International Policy Network]] (IPN). ...stitute/tobacco2.html press release] for the book it is claimed, 'The anti-tobacco crusade from the West, like the environmental one as manifested at the WTO
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  • ...i>, 22 August 2007.</ref>. Not surprisingly he is a strong defender of the tobacco industry.<ref>See for example Steven Milloy, "[http://www.foxnews.com/story ...PR firms in Washington DC willing to work with non-profit public interest groups and their relatively small PR budgets.<ref>Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber
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  • ...started an as affiliate to the [[Washington Institute for Values in Public Policy]], which is part of the Rev [[Sun Myung Moon]]’s Unification church, alth ...ing]] and [[Patrick Michaels]]. <ref> PR Newswire (1992) “World's Energy Policy Should Not Be Based On Feelings, Experts Say”, 27 February.</ref> Indeed
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  • ...tion of the industry, excise taxes and other government policies to reduce tobacco use.' [[Category:Third World Lobbyists (GM)]][[Category:GM]][[Category:GM Lobby Groups]]
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  • ...ost controversial corporations, including [[Shell]] and [[British American Tobacco]]. ...to form a single company, '''Fishburn'''. The new firm comprises four core groups:
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  • ...p them to form relationships with legislators, officials, special interest groups and sovereign governments to achieve their economic and political objective ...of building relationships and gathering intelligence on current and future policy”. It added: “Targets are to be selected from the existing ‘political
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  • ...the cabinet biotechnology committee, [[Sci-Bio]], responsible for national policy on GM crops and foods, and as such was a key adviser to Blair on GM technol ...ter. Diatech has registered a patent for a genetic sequence taken from the tobacco mosaic virus for use in genetically modified plants. This was developed at
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  • ...interest in the 'science', but who have social agendas of their own. These groups want to 'stop-the-world-and-get-off' and they will abuse and misuse 'scienc ...The latter was set up with funding from [[Philip Morris]] as part of the tobacco giant's covert PR campaign to undermine industry-critical research .
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  • === Tobacco Industry === ...e pro-tobacco junk science report '[[Science, Economics, and Environmental Policy: A Critical Examination]]' published by the [[Alexis de Tocqueville Institu
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  • ...ates that it found additional work in Northern Ireland: “its Information Policy section was engaged in the 1970s in running propaganda campaigns against ma ...eral Motors, Chase Manhattan Bank and US Steel to ICI and British American Tobacco. With Suharto's connivance, the natural riches of his country were carved u
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  • ===Front groups=== ...ing criticism of its role in establishing and de facto running three front groups: The [[Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis]] (on behalf of [[Aventis]
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  • ...blic debate''' on GM crops. Taverne criticized the fact that anti-GM lobby groups were allowed to dominate the exercise, while the public in general showed l ...eutical-biotechnology industries. Again, the key figures involved in these groups are part of the [[LM]] network, e.g., GIG [[John Gillott]] and ''Progress''
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  • ===Target Groups=== To rectify its image problem, Nirex identified key target groups to win over. These included
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  • ...is a low emitter of greenhouse gases and should therefore be used as a key policy option to fight climate change. Part of Weber / BNFL's strategy has been to ...[Wilfred Beckerman]] as well as [[Julian Morris]] from the [[International Policy Network]], among others that attacked the need for action on climate: It sa
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  • #[[British American Tobacco: Third World Production]] (cleaned up by toR but possibly still needs some #[[Land Reform Policy Group]] (edited and referenced by Neha)
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  • Much of the work is done by Working groups established by the Plenary Session. They are companies. Groups cover subjects such as education, employment, environment,
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  • ...1 he headed the British Army's covert black propaganda unit, [[Information Policy]]. In 1990 the current head of the Institute [[John Thompson]] - a former m ...e: Mackenzie Institute Policy.ca | November 25 2005 | http://www.policy.ca/policy-directory/Detailed/Mackenzie-Institute-316.html | accessdate 2006-11-16 </r
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  • ...solutions. In raising the level of understanding about economic and social policy, the Institute's ideas contribute directly to the economic well-being of in ...pdf/nfraser.pdf The Fraser Institute: Economic Think Tank or Front for the Tobacco Industry?], Non-Smokers Rights Association, Accessed 10-February-2010</ref>
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  • ...ltancies, law firms, education, the media and other public affairs related groups. PubAffairs numbers over 1400 Members. http://www.pubaffairs.org ...History/Economic History from Aberdeen University; and a PgDip in European Policy, Law and Management from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
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  • ...elds influence through bringing the world’s top business people and top policy makers together at its meetings. Government leaders are invited to WEF meet industry groups exist with more than 400 Governors.
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  • ...isis Management). Other clients have included Sara Lee Corp., R.J. Reynold Tobacco Co. and Time-Warner Cable<ref> [http://www.amme.com/clients.htm]</ref>. A f * [[Health Policy Alternatives Inc]] - $46,100
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  • :"The time to consider the policy dimensions of climate change is not when the link between greenhouse gases ...lobby against action on climate change, since it was sidelined other lobby groups have come to the fore which are more subtle in their tactics.
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  • *[[British American Tobacco: Front Groups|Front Groups]] *[[British American Tobacco: Advertising|Advertising]]
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  • ...50px|To take a tour of some of the major lobbying firms, industry lobbying groups and think tanks that surround Parliament in central London, visit the [http '''Powerbase has a policy of [[Powerbase:A Guide to Referencing|strict referencing]] and is overseen
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  • ...ltria Group]]), so advertising is key to its success. The British American Tobacco Company, otherwise known as BAT, is recognized worldwide through its cigare ...throughout the world, restrictions have been imposed on the advertising of tobacco products which has resulted in BAT struggling to maintain awareness of thei
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  • ...es-General’ (DGs) and ‘services’. DG is responsible for a particular policy area and is headed by a Director-General who is answerable to one of the co ...l consumption) relate to how we eat, drink and move (the odd one out being tobacco). A balanced diet and regular physical activity, along with restraining fro
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  • ...e drinkers.<ref>World Health Organisation, Global Status Report on Alcohol Policy, ibid.</ref>{{Template:alcohol badge}} ...0.02.05</ref>, there have been claims that its marketing has been aimed at groups at risk, such as young people.
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  • ...fort to limit the statutory regulation of alcohol, and to steer government policy into protecting its own interests. It has achieved this through a huge inve ===Diageo's Policy on Responsible Drinking===
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  • :Sixty per cent of the donations come from individuals or groups giving more than £5,000. The [[Midlands Industrial Council]], which has do ...Policy Foundation]] and free market think tanks including the [[Centre for Policy Studies]], the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] and the [[Freedom Associat
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  • Such is its power and influence, the two environmental groups [[Defenders of Wildlife]] and the [[Natural Resources Defense Council]] pub ...ted members of the 50 state legislatures with varying political and public policy philosophies. However, ALEC is nothing less than a tax-exempt facade for th
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  • The [[National Center for Public Policy Research]] (NCPPR) is a Washington DC based, right-wing free-market think-t ...n the DC-based think tank element of the backlash movement, including such groups as the [[Cato Institute]], the [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] and [[C
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  • <td>[[R.J Reynolds Tobacco Co.]]</td> ...awl and urban transit) – Has spent three years as the Director of Public Policy of the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] – See ALEC.
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  • ...the authors of the "Fear Profiteers" report on the nomorescares website of tobacco-hack and junkman [[Steven Milloy]].<ref>CGFI [http://www.cgfi.org/materials ...ers, that in 1999 Hudson received a $60,000 grant from Monsanto. [...] Our policy is that he should have disclosed that information. We apologize to our read
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  • ...ght-wing think tank describes itself as “a cutting-edge, forward-looking policy group advancing center-right principles in today's fast-paced news and info ...ttp://research.greenpeaceusa.org/?a=view&d=4387 ExxonMobil Public Info and Policy Research 2005] 5th October 2007. Accessed 5th February 2009</ref> and $180,
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  • ...ohn Stauber, [http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2000Q3/junkman.html How Big Tobacco Helped Create "the Junkman"], Center for Media and Democracy website, acces ...tomobile emissions and other industrial products that had not yet achieved tobacco's pariah status”.<ref>http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2000Q3/junkman.htm
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  • ...ef executive. "I think this is important to them as part of their taxation policy. We see what happens now as good financial management within the rules. The ...BP and Shell, GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca, Vodafone, British American Tobacco, Rio Tinto, HSBC and [[Unilever]].
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  • ...ts research to the broadest possible audiences, and especially to critical groups such as policymakers, scholars, and the media'. In other words the ICHD is ...ded in becoming International Policy Fellows in the Hungarian [[Center for Policy Studies]]'[http://www.ichd.org/?page=projects&itemid=71], which is in turn
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  • ...ased/sound arguments coming from many developing countries, NGOs, activist groups, scientists and well-informed people in general. FitzGerald acknowledges th ...land around the world that is cultivated for export crops such as bananas, tobacco and cotton. Such agro-export "development" patterns regularly displace farm
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  • [[File:Logo epc.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Logo of the [[European Policy Centre]], circa November 2011]] ...n strengthening the interface of government with business". <ref> European Policy Centre, [http://www.epc.eu/about.php About Us: Mission Statement] accessed
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  • ==Links to right wing and anti-environmental groups== ...S ;Stauber, J[http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2000Q3/junkman.html How Big Tobacco Helped Create "the Junkman"]PR Watch Website, Accessed 31 January 2011 </re
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