INFACT's Hall of Shame Index:

The Corporate Imbalance Sheet

Some Data Philip Morris WON'T Be Boasting About

86%

U.S. adults wanting their member of Congress to support proposed FDA action to stop tobacco marketing to children, July 1995

$1,191,149

Total contributions to Democratic and Republican national committees in 1995 by #1 "soft money" contributor Philip Morris

6

Bills introduced in the 104th Congress to block FDA regulation of tobacco

$124,000

1986-1995 PAC contributions by Philip Morris and other tobacco corporations to House Commerce Committee Chair Tom Bliley, who says, "I don't think we need any more legislation regulating tobacco"

$77,000

1986-1995 PAC contributions by Philip Morris and other tobacco corporations to Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, sponsor of a bill that would block FDA's attempt to end tobacco brand sponsorship of stock car racing

$18,000

Six months' worth of 1995 PAC contributions from Philip Morris and other tobacco corporations to Representative Lewis Payne of Virginia, sponsor of a bill that would prohibit FDA regulation of tobacco

$15 million

Legal fees extracted by Philip Morris from Capital Cities/ABC in settlement of a $10 billion libel lawsuit; the tobacco giant exploited ABC's apology in a PR blitz attempting to undermine FDA authority

$100 million

Annual Kraft and Miller ad revenue at stake for ABC

42,000

Pages submitted to the FDA by Philip Morris and other tobacco corporations as public comment on the proposed regulation of tobacco marketing to children

81%

Americans who don't trust tobacco corporations' voluntary restrictions on tobacco marketing to children -- such as Philip Morris's "Action Against Access" program

88%

U.S. adults wanting their member of Congress to support proposed FDA action to stop tobacco marketing to children, February 1996

Marlboro Man:

You Can't Buy Democracy!

Sources: Available upon request