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The Decade-Long Scandal that Makes Enron Look Like Small Potatoes  - http://www.thedenenbergreport.org/article.php?index=171  Columnist Herb Denenbert comments on how little the government does about tobacco's toll.  Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored"  - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1858258.stm  The deaths of five million people in the UK from smoking-related diseases have been partly blamed on decades of government inaction.  White House Sought to Soften Anti-Terrorism Legislation in Support of Tobacco Companies  - http://www.public-i.org/dtaweb/report.asp?ReportID=61&L1=10&L2=70&L3=15&L4=0&L5=0&State=&Year=2001  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.  States Hooked on Tobacco Money  - http://reclaimdemocracy.org/weekly_2003/state_tobacco_dependence.html  State governments work to protect Big Tobacco: Wall Street Journal article.  Support for Tobacco Trade: Up in Smoke?  - http://www.afsa.org/fsj/Nov99/TobaccoTradeBeelman.cfm  A look at U.S. tobacco industry promotion of product abroad concludes that U.S. government support for the trade is not as strong as it used to be.  Asia Times: Japanese Government Addicted To Tobacco  - http://www.atimes.com/japan-econ/AK18Dh01.html  Article on the government of Japan's ties to the Japanese tobacco industry, and the effect on health programs in Japan.  Still Waiting to Exhale  - http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/prod_liability/tobacco/articles.cfm?ID=5796  Public Citizen 1998 report subtitled: "Do Nothing" Republican leaders do their thing for Big Tobacco contributors.  Kentucky Legislators' Views on Tobacco Policy  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10343882&dopt=Abstract  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.  Special Investigations: Tobacco  - http://democrats.reform.house.gov/investigations.asp?Issue=Tobacco  Committee on Government Reform Monority Office provides reports on the tobacco industry, smuggling, government promotion of tobacco products, regulation.  U.S. Government Actions to Promote Tobacco  - http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20040830123356-71028.pdf  12 page document lists actions by the U.S. government to promote cigarettes and spit tobacco around the world.