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Jump to full article: New York Times, 2003-07-09
Author: Gary Gately (NYT)
Intro: The tobacco industry has spent nearly $1.7 million lobbying the Maryland legislature since 1997, Common Cause reported. Philip Morris paid the most for lobbying, $649,000, while the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company paid $334,972, and the Cigar Association of America, $217,933, the nonprofit group said in a report. The group said contributions to candidates for statewide office in the 1998 and 2002 elections from tobacco companies and what it called allies — including restaurant, alcohol and retail organizations — totaled more than $360,000.
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