As mentioned earlier, Big Tobacco was on the ballot in three election initiatives in Arizona:Proposition 201: "Smoke-Free Arizona Act" to ban smoking in the workplace and in all restaurants and barsProposition 203: "Childhood Development Fund" paid for through an 80 cent (68%) increase in tobacco taxProposition 206: ...

Those who keep track here will know I'm no big fan of Sony. Their interests in music (Sony BMG), movies (Universal) and electronics leads them to lock technology or generally make decisions to the detriment of the consumer. Examples:Atrac (whupped by MP3)MP3 players tied to Sony Connect (which wouldn't be so bad if it didn't suck so ...

The whole legal fight against Big Tobacco drives me nuts. After all these court cases, the tobacco companies have been found at fault for knowing that tobacco killed people in any number of nasty ways, and fought and cajoled to keep their knowledge quiet. Various megafines were levied, some of which have since been reduced, but the fact remains ...