This year alone, Reynolds American ranked second in contributions from tobacco lobbying - related groups, having donated more than $ 470,000 to mostly Republican lawmakers, according to OpenSecrets. (fortune.com)
Nonetheless, prominent environmental activists like Monbiot and Oreskes — who, given their academic positions, ought to know better — maintain the image of the evil tobacco lobby in order to «link» its modus operandi to climate sceptics. (climate-resistance.org)
The lobbying firm that drew the most tobacco lobbying money from 2011 through June 2013 was Albany - based Ostroff, Hiffa & Associates. (timesunion.com)