JULY/AUGUST 1997 · VOLUME 18 · NUMBERS 7 & 8

Big Tobacco Looks for a Clean Getaway

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C O N T E N T S

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FEATURES
The Great Tobacco Bailout, by Robert Weissman

DEPARTMENTS
TOBACCO TALKS
BEHIND THE LINES
EDITORIAL:
  A Tax Disaster
THE FRONT:
  The Fraud Epidemic
  Working to Death in Thailand
THE LAWRENCE SUMMERS MEMORIAL AWARD
INTERVIEWS
  Taking on Tobacco Imperialism,
  interviews with Dr. Judith Mackay,
  Dr. Witold Zatonski,
  Dr. Hatai Chitanondh and
  Eric LeGresley
ECONOMICS:
  Thirsting for Markets: Corporate Alcohol Goes Global
ENVIRONMENT:
  The Barons of Bromide: Poisonous Pesticides and Poisoned Politics
LABOR:
  Solidarity Renewed
NAMES IN THE NEWS
BOOK NOTES
RESOURCES