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A 19-page, confidential Philip Morris (PM) memo by PM lobbyist [[Kathleen "Buffy" Linehan|Kathleen Linehan]] (known as "Buffy" inside PM) describes PM's efforts to defeat public interest legislation at all levels of government and in the military. Far beyond solely lobbying on tobacco issues, PM works through its food and drink subsidiaries, like Kraft General Foods and [[Miller Beer]] to defeat a host of different types of laws aimed at protecting and educating consumers, and benefiting the environment.

Linehan noted that KGF (Kraft General Foods) worked to oppose legisation legislation mandating that milk be labeled as to whether it contains bovine somatotropin (BST), an artificial hormone injected into dairy cows to increase milk production, <b>"because of the precedent this sets for other biotechnologies that may contribute to future food production or processing."</b> She also reveals that PM works through Kraft to fight laws banning the proliferation of non-recyclable packaging (specifically juice boxes and "Capri Sun"-type foil containers, which are made of an unrecyclable composite of paper and aluminum). PM/KGF (which makes a large number of packaged foods like macaroni and cheese, cream cheese, juices and other products) also fight laws mandating the increased recycling of trash, and that PM-drafted legislative bills ("incentive-based alternatives" to mandatory recycling laws) were actually passed in three states--Colorado, Texas and Vermont--by the end of 1994. According to Linehan, PM promotes the view in state and federal legislatures that "recycling is not the answer to solid waste management." [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/vko44e00]