New York (Reuters Health) - Large cigarette companies can keep their products affordable for young people and the poor by shifting the burden of rising excise taxes from cheaper brands to more expensive cigarettes, according to a new study from the UK. Full story
Bloomberg Businessweek's Paul Barrett writes in the magazine's latest issue about why gun makers fear the NRA, and he joins Morning Joe to discuss his research.
Former Ohio congressman Bob Ney is a convicted felon who is blowing the whistle on John Boehner's past. Ed Schultz spoke to Ney on his radio show today and he spilled the beans on Boehner's relationships with special interest groups and more.
Rachel Maddow draws parallels between Big Tobacco's use of a marketing-managed fake citizen action group to shield itself from public rancor and the gun industry's use of the NRA to not only advocate for its business interests but to draw away the spotlight from the real players on the issue of gun
Rachel Maddow describes how the tobacco industry used a citizen smoker front group to be the face of its lobbying in order to shield itself from the political fallout of its own deadly product.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government will sell around a third of its stake in Japan Tobacco Inc <2914.T>, the world's No.3 tobacco company, to raise about $10.4 billion for reconstruction of areas devastated by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Full story
MSNBC host Steve Kornacki and Democratic strategist Julian Epstein delve into the strategy of some pro-gun lobbyists whose tactics – from ads to heckling – do themselves no favors; and then analyze the gun industry’s stunning sales pitch to kids.
