Sentences with phrase «tobacco companies lobby»

In 2014 when this law went into effect in New York City, tobacco companies lobbied against it in a lawsuit.

The site allows you to post a cash bond which will automatically go to a charity, a friend, an enemy, or even an anti-charity (such as a tobacco company lobby group) if you donâ $ ™ t meet your goal.

Not exact matches

The defeat was blamed on heavy lobbying by tobacco giants against the measure; the companies reportedly dropped a hefty $ 12 million on the effort, outspending supporters by a four - to - one - margin.

The likes of Tom Harris, better known for his lobbying work on behalf of the Canadian energy industry, and Fred Singer, formally a tobacco company expert - for - hire, are trying to make headlines again claiming that the warming of our planet has significantly slowed down.

Ten companies serving on the board said they «had no knowledge of or input into the chamber's lobbying activities on tobacco or climate issues.»

Supporters of Heartland will be surprised to learn that we «worked with the tobacco company Philip Morris to question or deny the health risks of secondhand smoke and to lobby against smoking bans,» that we «support climate change denial,» or that our decision to spin off our work on finance and insurance into the R Street Institute is characterized as the «resignation of almost the entire Heartland Washington D.C. office, taking the Institute's biggest project (on insurance) with it.»

It's a shame because as we also noted in our letter to Safer, «In the 1980s, 60 Minutes engaged in some ground - breaking journalism with correspondent Ed Bradley and producer David Gelber that exposed myths about juries and the civil justice system, which were then and continue to be perpetuated by the insurance industry, drug companies, tobacco companies, medical lobbies and other special interests seeking to limit their liability from lawsuits.»