In at least 13 statesincluding Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Islandand the District of Columbia, lobbying firms or employers can register in place of individual lobbyists, allowing the tobacco industry to mask from public view the actual number and names of individual lobbyists who are working on their behalf in those states
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"WTO Backs Australia in Appeal Over Its Tobacco Packaging Law"
Youre not actually getting at the people who have caused the harm which are the cigarette companies. Yearby also criticized state laws that tie the hands of local officials who want to crack down on tobacco use