Tobacco and global warming: same talking points, bigger issue

Mon, 2007-05-28 14:19Kevin Grandia

Tobacco and global warming: same talking points, bigger issue

Here's part two in the series we are doing on DeSmogBlog, comparing archived tobacco industry PR spin film footage with the current PR spin on global warming.

This one's based on a 1979 Tobacco Institute video describing the efforts PR "spokesmans" program.

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Tobacco and global warming: same talking points, bigger issue