Asia Times: Japanese Government Addicted To Tobacco: Article on the government of Japan's ties to the Japanese tobacco industry, and the effect on health programs in Japan.Kentucky Legislators' Views on Tobacco Policy: 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.Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored": The deaths of five million people in the UK from smoking-related diseases have been partly blamed on decades of government inaction.Special Investigations: Tobacco: Committee on Government Reform Monority Office provides reports on the tobacco industry, smuggling, government promotion of tobacco products, regulation.States Hooked on Tobacco Money: State governments work to protect Big Tobacco: Wall Street Journal article.Still Waiting to Exhale: Public Citizen 1998 report subtitled: "Do Nothing" Republican leaders do their thing for Big Tobacco contributors.Support for Tobacco Trade: Up in Smoke?: 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.The Decade-Long Scandal that Makes Enron Look Like Small Potatoes: Columnist Herb Denenbert comments on how little the government does about tobacco's toll.White House Sought to Soften Anti-Terrorism Legislation in Support of Tobacco Companies: 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.