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 Self evidently, it fails to provide the same information on how the anti-tobacco industry, almost entirely (if not totally) funded by the taxpayer, distorts public health debates by misrepresenting research, having self-referential research, and outright lies and misdirection while also lobbying Government.
-It was created (or more likely initially commissioned)  by [[Linda Bauld]] ([[Bath University]]) and is largely edited by [[Eveline Lubbers]] and [[Andrew Rowell]]<ref name="nt">http://nannyingtyrants.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/big-tobacco-controls-intimidation.html</ref><ref name="da">http://daveatherton.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/smoke-free-south-west-pays-a-dutch-private-detective-agency-to-spy-on-anti-tobacco-control/</ref>
+It was created (or more likely [[Linda_Bauld#TobaccoTactics.org|initially commissioned]])  by [[Linda Bauld]] ([[Bath University]]) and is largely edited by [[Eveline Lubbers]] and [[Andrew Rowell]]<ref name="nt">http://nannyingtyrants.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/big-tobacco-controls-intimidation.html</ref><ref name="da">http://daveatherton.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/smoke-free-south-west-pays-a-dutch-private-detective-agency-to-spy-on-anti-tobacco-control/</ref>
 Research would appear to have been carried out by a Dutch organisation [[Stichting Res Publica]], which itself is part of [[Buro Jansen & Janssen]].<ref name="nt" /> Of which [[Eveline Lubbers]] was a co-founder:

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 {{quote|A perfect example is this claim:
-{{quote|He also calls, ASH's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Deborah Arnott a "wanker" who is "paid for out of your taxes”.[22]}}
+{{quote|He also calls, ASH's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), [[Deborah Arnott]] a "wanker" who is "paid for out of your taxes”.[22]}}
 I found this curious as I didn't remember it, which is unusual. Hardly surprising since [http://dickpuddlecote.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/stop-accepting-tax-cash-stirling-and.html I didn't say it.]<ref>http://dickpuddlecote.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/why-are-we-paying-for-this-ineptitude.html</ref>
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 {{quote|And I’ll even make a deal. When [http://www.ash.org.uk/about-ash Deborah Arnott’s] screen and radio appearances, public utterances, are accompanied by a “this wanker is paid for out of your taxes” warning then I’ll make sure that my income, and thus my funding, is similarly disclosed. Until then you’re all cordially invited to fornicate and travel.}}
-As you can see, even Timmy didn't directly call Arnott a wanker. A non-existent message from an unspecified fantasy government department did. }}
+As you can see, even Timmy didn't directly call [[Deborah Arnott|Arnott]] a wanker. A non-existent message from an unspecified fantasy government department did. }}

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 {{quote|He also calls, ASH's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Deborah Arnott a "wanker" who is "paid for out of your taxes”.[22]}}
-I found this curious as I didn't remember it, which is unusual. Hardly surprising since [http://dickpuddlecote.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/stop-accepting-tax-cash-stirling-and.html I didn't say it.]<ref>dickpuddlecote.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/why-are-we-paying-for-this-ineptitude.html</ref>
+I found this curious as I didn't remember it, which is unusual. Hardly surprising since [http://dickpuddlecote.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/stop-accepting-tax-cash-stirling-and.html I didn't say it.]<ref>http://dickpuddlecote.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/why-are-we-paying-for-this-ineptitude.html</ref>
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 As you can see, even Timmy didn't directly call Arnott a wanker. A non-existent message from an unspecified fantasy government department did. }}
 ==References==

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 ==This site==
-It was noticed on 1st July 2012, that they'd decided to list the owner of this website <ref>http://tobaccotactics.org/index.php/FOI:_SmokeFree_South_West#Forest_and_Others_Submit_FOIs [[http://www.webcitation.org/68qtvpfqR | archive]]</ref> simply because of an FoI request into why [[SFSW|Smokefree South West]] thought it wise to spend nearly [[FoI:Funding_of_plainpacksprotect.co.uk|£.5 million of taxpayers]] money on lobbying the government.
+It was noticed on 1st July 2012, that they'd decided to list the owner of this website <ref>http://tobaccotactics.org/index.php/FOI:_SmokeFree_South_West#Forest_and_Others_Submit_FOIs [[http://www.webcitation.org/68qtvpfqR | archive]]</ref> simply because of an FoI request into why [[SFSW|Smokefree South West]] thought it wise to spend nearly [[FoI:Funding_of_plainpacksprotect.co.uk|£.5 million of taxpayers]] money on lobbying the government. That FoI was made long before this site was created, and the result of that (and other FoI's into [[SFSW]]'s contributions to anti-tobacco activity ) was - in part the reason for the creation of this site.
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 KansasWatchdog contacted ACS headquarters in Atlanta for comment on Masoner’s redefinition of “Big Tobacco.” Masoner later called to say ACS national headquarters contacted him and replied: “We speak with one voice on this issue.”<ref>http://www.kansasreporter.org/92625.aspx</ref>}}
-More recently [[ASH (2012)]] decided that almost anyone, public, private, business, that had any problem with anti-tobacco tactics was fit to be listed, slotting those that didn't easily fit into the neat groups of 'Big Tobacco,' 'Retail Groups,' 'Trade Bodies,' etc could be brushed into the 'front groups' category and be accused of 'astro-turfing' to the point where 'private blogs' were also included in the report.
+More recently [[ASH (2012)]] decided that almost anyone, public, private, business, that had any problem with anti-tobacco tactics was fit to be listed, slotting those that didn't easily fit into the neat groups of 'Big Tobacco,' 'Retail Groups,' 'Trade Bodies,' etc could be brushed into the 'front groups' category and be accused of 'astro-turfing' to the point where 'private blogs' were also included in the report<ref>http://taking-liberties.squarespace.com/blog/2012/5/7/ash-youre-all-part-of-big-tobacco-now.html</ref>
 ==This site==

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 It was created (or more likely initially commissioned)  by [[Linda Bauld]] ([[Bath University]]) and is largely edited by [[Eveline Lubbers]] and [[Andrew Rowell]]<ref name="nt">http://nannyingtyrants.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/big-tobacco-controls-intimidation.html</ref><ref name="da">http://daveatherton.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/smoke-free-south-west-pays-a-dutch-private-detective-agency-to-spy-on-anti-tobacco-control/</ref>
-Research would appear to have been carried out by a Dutch organisation [[Stichting Res Publica]], which itself is part of [[Buro Jansen & Janssen]].<ref name="nt" /> Of which [[Evelin Lubbers]] was a co-founder:
+Research would appear to have been carried out by a Dutch organisation [[Stichting Res Publica]], which itself is part of [[Buro Jansen & Janssen]].<ref name="nt" /> Of which [[Eveline Lubbers]] was a co-founder:
 {{quote|Eveline Lubbers is an investigative reporter and activist living in Amsterdam. She co-founded the Jansen & Janssen Bureau to monitor police and secret services. She has produced books on corporate intelligence and PR strategies of multinationals against their critics, subjects mainly in Dutch.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Battling-Big-Business-Eveline-Lubbers/dp/1567512259</ref>}}

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−	TocabboTactics.org is a website, ultimately funded by ~~the~~ [[~~CRUK~~\|UK taxpayer]] and [[Bath University]] (£56,409<ref>http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss329/Dick_Puddlecote/BathGrants3.png</ref> from [[CRUK]] alone.)	+	TocabboTactics.org is a website, ultimately funded by [[SFSW\|the UK taxpayer]]<ref>http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ksBAdnqRA8Y/T8nj--Ho7YI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/lLObBUmbOpc/s1600/TT+funding.JPG</ref><ref>http://nannyingtyrants.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/big-tobacco-controls-intimidation.html</ref>, [[CRUK]] and [[Bath University]] (£56,409<ref>http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss329/Dick_Puddlecote/BathGrants3.png</ref> from [[CRUK]] alone.)
	{{quote\|TobaccoTactics aims to provide up-to-date information on the Tobacco Industry, its allies or those promoting a pro-tobacco agenda. The website explores how the industry influences and often distorts public health debates, using a whole raft of lobbying and public relations tactics.<ref name="tt">http://www.tobaccotactics.org/index.php/Main_Page [http://www.webcitation.org/68svxs15I Archive]</ref>}}		{{quote\|TobaccoTactics aims to provide up-to-date information on the Tobacco Industry, its allies or those promoting a pro-tobacco agenda. The website explores how the industry influences and often distorts public health debates, using a whole raft of lobbying and public relations tactics.<ref name="tt">http://www.tobaccotactics.org/index.php/Main_Page [http://www.webcitation.org/68svxs15I Archive]</ref>}}

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	KansasWatchdog contacted ACS headquarters in Atlanta for comment on Masoner’s redefinition of “Big Tobacco.” Masoner later called to say ACS national headquarters contacted him and replied: “We speak with one voice on this issue.”<ref>http://www.kansasreporter.org/92625.aspx</ref>}}		KansasWatchdog contacted ACS headquarters in Atlanta for comment on Masoner’s redefinition of “Big Tobacco.” Masoner later called to say ACS national headquarters contacted him and replied: “We speak with one voice on this issue.”<ref>http://www.kansasreporter.org/92625.aspx</ref>}}
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		+	More recently [[ASH (2012)]] decided that almost anyone, public, private, business, that had any problem with anti-tobacco tactics was fit to be listed, slotting those that didn't easily fit into the neat groups of 'Big Tobacco,' 'Retail Groups,' 'Trade Bodies,' etc could be brushed into the 'front groups' category and be accused of 'astro-turfing' to the point where 'private blogs' were also included in the report.

	==This site==		==This site==

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	Sadly, they also seem to document those whose only involvement with the tobacco industry is as a customer and are sick of bully-statism whereby taxes are 'stolen' to pay for their activities.		Sadly, they also seem to document those whose only involvement with the tobacco industry is as a customer and are sick of bully-statism whereby taxes are 'stolen' to pay for their activities.

		+	This is probably an extension of something seen over The States:
		+	{{quote\|If you oppose smoking bans for any reason — property rights, individual liberty, you like smokers — you’re now apparently part of Big Tobacco.
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		+	[...]
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		+	Chris Masoner, regional government relations director for [[ACS\|ACS [American Cancer Society]]], said he produced the alert. He argued that anyone who perpetuates smoking is part of Big Tobacco, including Kansas bar owners and legislators seeking to exempt bars from the 2010 smoking ban, citing double-digit declines in businesses.
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		+	KansasWatchdog contacted ACS headquarters in Atlanta for comment on Masoner’s redefinition of “Big Tobacco.” Masoner later called to say ACS national headquarters contacted him and replied: “We speak with one voice on this issue.”<ref>http://www.kansasreporter.org/92625.aspx</ref>}}

	==This site==		==This site==

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-TocabboTactics.org is a website, ultimately funded by the [[CRUK|UK taxpayer]] to document the alleged "tactics of the tobacco industry in fighting anti-tobacco groups." (£56,409<ref>http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss329/Dick_Puddlecote/BathGrants3.png</ref> from [[CRUK]] alone.) It was created (or more likely initially commissioned)  by [[Linda Bauld]] (Bath University), [[Eveline Lubbers]] and [[Andrew Rowell]]<ref name="nt">http://nannyingtyrants.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/big-tobacco-controls-intimidation.html</ref><ref name="da">http://daveatherton.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/smoke-free-south-west-pays-a-dutch-private-detective-agency-to-spy-on-anti-tobacco-control/</ref>
+TocabboTactics.org is a website, ultimately funded by the [[CRUK|UK taxpayer]] and [[Bath University]] (£56,409<ref>http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss329/Dick_Puddlecote/BathGrants3.png</ref> from [[CRUK]] alone.)
 Research would appear to have been carried out by a Dutch organisation [[Stichting Res Publica]], which itself is part of [[Buro Jansen & Janssen]].<ref name="nt" /> Of which [[Evelin Lubbers]] was a co-founder:
 {{quote|Eveline Lubbers is an investigative reporter and activist living in Amsterdam. She co-founded the Jansen & Janssen Bureau to monitor police and secret services. She has produced books on corporate intelligence and PR strategies of multinationals against their critics, subjects mainly in Dutch.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Battling-Big-Business-Eveline-Lubbers/dp/1567512259</ref>}}
-Sadly, they also seem to document those whose only involvement with the tobacco industry is as a customer and are sick of bully-statism.
+Sadly, they also seem to document those whose only involvement with the tobacco industry is as a customer and are sick of bully-statism whereby taxes are 'stolen' to pay for their activities.