Tough Times for Tobacco: Tobacco Bans, Tax Increases Pass, Despite Big Tobacco Campaign Donations


 

Publication Date: October 2007

Publisher: National Institute on Money in State Politics (U.S.)

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Research Area: Politics

Type: Report

Abstract:

Tobacco manufacturers and retailers gave $96 million to state-level candidates, committees and ballot measures in the 2005 and 2006 election cycles. Despite that mass of cash, concerted lobbying efforts, and well-coordinated ballot measure campaigns, tobacco interests lost many legislative battles in 2007 and five of seven ballot measure campaigns in 2006.