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− | ==Tobacco PAC Contributions to Members of U.S. Congress==
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− | The tobacco industry contributes millions of dollars each election cycle to candidates for Congress in an effort to influence federal policies. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids issues regular updates detailing these contributions. You can see individual PAC contributions by state [[herehttps://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/us/tobacco-campaign-contributions|here]]. <ref> Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, [https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/us/tobacco-campaign-contributions TOBACCO PAC CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL CANDIDATES], Accessed 22 October 2019 </ref>
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| ==2018 Annual Spending on Lobbying== | | ==2018 Annual Spending on Lobbying== |
| {| class="wikitable sortable" | | {| class="wikitable sortable" |
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| |NJOY Electronic Cigarettes | | |NJOY Electronic Cigarettes |
| |55,000 | | |55,000 |
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− | ==Top Contributors to Federal Candidates, Parties, and Outside Groups in 2018==
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− | ! Contributor
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− | ! Total Contributions<ref> Opean Secrets website, [https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?cycle=2018&ind=a02 Tobacco: Top Contributors to Federal Candidates, Parties, and Outside Groups], 10 June 2019, Accessed 20 July 2019 </ref>
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− | ! Total to Candidates and Parties <ref> Opean Secrets website, [https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?cycle=2018&ind=a02 Tobacco: Top Contributors to Federal Candidates, Parties, and Outside Groups], 10 June 2019, Accessed 20 July 2019 </ref>
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− | ! To Candidates and Parties - Democrats %<ref> Opean Secrets website, [https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?cycle=2018&ind=a02 Tobacco: Top Contributors to Federal Candidates, Parties, and Outside Groups], 10 June 2019, Accessed 20 July 2019 </ref>
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− | ! To Candidates and Parties - Republicans %<ref> Opean Secrets website, [https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?cycle=2018&ind=a02 Tobacco: Top Contributors to Federal Candidates, Parties, and Outside Groups], 10 June 2019, Accessed 20 July 2019 </ref>
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− | ! Total to Outside Spending Groups <ref> Opean Secrets website, [https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?cycle=2018&ind=a02 Tobacco: Top Contributors to Federal Candidates, Parties, and Outside Groups], 10 June 2019, Accessed 20 July 2019 </ref>
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− | |Altria Group
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− | |2,369,727
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− | |1,560,777
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− | |25.8
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− | |74.2
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− | |808,930
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− | |British American Tobacco
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− | |2,023,367
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− | |519,519
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− | |10.6
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− | |89.4
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− | |1,513,848
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− | |Vector Group
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− | |299,270
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− | |299,270
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− | |14.2% 85.8
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− | |Swisher International
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− | |288,663
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− | |228,653
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− | |1.1
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− | |98.9
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− | |60,000
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− | |JUUL Labs
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− | |206,431
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− | |156,431
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− | |14.5
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− | |85.5
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| |22,125 | | |22,125 |
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| + | |} |
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| + | ==House== |
| + | {| class="wikitable" |
| + | ! House |
| + | ! # of Members |
| + | ! Average Contribution (USD) |
| + | ! Total Contributions (USD){{r|PolDon_US}} |
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| + | | Democrats |
| + | | 47 |
| + | | 2,836 |
| + | | 133,305 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Republicans |
| + | | 132 |
| + | | 5,153 |
| + | | 680,288 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Independents |
| + | | 0 |
| + | | 0 |
| + | | 0 |
| + | |- |
| + | | TOTAL |
| + | | 179 |
| + | | 4,545 |
| + | | 813,593 |
| + | |} |
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| + | ==Senate== |
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| + | {| class="wikitable" |
| + | ! Senate |
| + | ! # of Members |
| + | ! Average Contribution (USD) |
| + | ! Total Contributions (USD) {{r|PolDon_US}} |
| + | |- |
| + | | Democrats |
| + | | 26 |
| + | | 6,174 |
| + | | 160,527 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Republicans |
| + | | 20 |
| + | | 7,651 |
| + | | 153,023 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Independents |
| + | | 0 |
| + | | 0 |
| + | | 0 |
| + | |- |
| + | | TOTAL |
| + | | 46 |
| + | | 6,816 |
| + | | 313,550 |
| |} | | |} |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}} |