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Philip Morris International Inc.

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Prop. 29 Losing Voter Support, Though Cigarette Tax Remains Popular

    What can you get for $42 million? A penthouse apartment at the top of the St. Regis. Six years of Adonal Foyle. Roy Lichtenstein's peephole painting. Also, a 14 percent drop in support for Proposition 29, which would raise the cigarette tax and fund cancer research. In March, a poll by the Publi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Safeway Sues Over San Francisco Tobacco Ban

    Butt out, Safeway says.​Safeway Inc. has sued San Francisco over a law banning tobacco sales in stores containing pharmacies, claiming that the law gives an unfair advantage to markets that don't sell prescription drugs.The lawsuit calls the tobacco ban "arbitrary and capricious," and "a denial of ... More >>

  • Film

    March 9, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings for March 9-15, 2011

    Butt out, Safeway says.​Safeway Inc. has sued San Francisco over a law banning tobacco sales in stores containing pharmacies, claiming that the law gives an unfair advantage to markets that don't sell prescription drugs.The lawsuit calls the tobacco ban "arbitrary and capricious," and "a denial of ... More >>

  • Film

    March 2, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings for March 2-8, 2011

    Butt out, Safeway says.​Safeway Inc. has sued San Francisco over a law banning tobacco sales in stores containing pharmacies, claiming that the law gives an unfair advantage to markets that don't sell prescription drugs.The lawsuit calls the tobacco ban "arbitrary and capricious," and "a denial of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    What a Predicament: City Attorney Defends Crappy S.F. Law Against Ultimate Corporate Force of Evil

    I am the law!​ Like a duel to the death with the prize to the victor being death, it seems there are no winners in this morning's legal showdown between San Francisco and Philip Morris at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Well, the winner may be "your lungs," but, at best, the loser would be "your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    David Campos, Corporate Shill?

    Hardly. But his Obama-era Harvard Law pragmatism might ring that way in San Francisco's left-wing political tradition of ideology first, facts second. In San Francisco, as elsewhere, the term "jobs" has evolved into a euphemism for "whatever big business wants." The lobbying group for San Francisco' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Earth's Richest Man World's Greatest Newspaper? Damning San Francisco Archive Suggests it's a Match Made in Hell

    As Sunday news reports described Mexican monopolist Carlos Slim Helu's bid to become the largest shareholder of The New York Times, readers and staffers were no doubt wondering precisely what kind of scoundrel he is.Everyone knows Slim controls Telmex, the politically connected monopoly that has dri ... More >>

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, December 14, 2005

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    The Smoking Gun

    A treasure trove of damning evidence against Big Tobacco has been unearthed at UCSF

  • News

    October 23, 2002

    You Grab the Monkey; We'll Bring the Knife

    Monkey Knife Fight is everywhere, but what -- oh what -- does it mean?

  • Film

    October 16, 2002

    Scream

    The thrill of writing thrillers, plus avant-garde community and glamorous backgrounds

  • News

    December 12, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Tale of the Whale; Night Crawler: A Cure for the Common Cold

  • Calendar

    December 12, 2001

    Hold On a Minute!

    Ecologists are still trying to spin their phony save the whale campaign

  • Calendar

    November 7, 2001

    Are You There God? It's Me, Marc

    Standup comic Marc Maron writes a sharp, funny memoir about his life as a Jew

  • News

    May 9, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Tobacco Firm Adds Insult to Injury; A Few Bike Lanes Away From Utopia; Music to Our Ears; Fish Story; Art and Censorship

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    Smoking Gun

    Tobacco industry documents expose an R.J. Reynolds marketing plan targeting S.F. gays and homeless people. Its name: Project SCUM.

  • News

    March 14, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from March 14, 2001

  • News

    February 16, 2000

    Outing the Marlboro Man

    Document reveals new details on how tobacco companies target gays

  • Film

    November 3, 1999

    The Men Who Did Too Little

    Document reveals new details on how tobacco companies target gays

  • Calendar

    September 3, 1997

    Savage Love

    Document reveals new details on how tobacco companies target gays

  • News

    October 30, 1996

    Party Types

    Whether Democrat, Republican, or crypto-fascist, this is your guide to the best in Election Night bashing

  • Music

    October 23, 1996

    Drowning in Pop

    Whether Democrat, Republican, or crypto-fascist, this is your guide to the best in Election Night bashing

  • News

    October 11, 1995

    Peevish and Butt-Led

    Against the odds, a new group fights for smokers' rights

  • News

    July 5, 1995

    City Slackers

    A guide toSan Francisco political corruption -past, present, and future

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