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Horace Kornegay, tobacco advocate, dies  

Horace Kornegay, a former congressman from Greensboro who became a spokesman for Big Tobacco, died this morning at age 84.

Kornegay was chairman of the now defunct Tobacco Institute, the powerful lobbying arm of the cigarette manufacturers. In that role, Kornegay lead efforts to promote tobacco and to head off anti-smoking initiatives. . . .

during eight years in Congress and 18 years with the Tobacco Institute, Kornegay led a futile fight against the rising public opinion against cigarette smoking. . . . When Kornegay retired in 1986, the institute had 115 employees.

He proudly quoted Sen. Ted Kennedy, a smoking opponent, who said "hour for hour, and dollar for dollar, they're (The Tobacco Institute) probably the most effective lobby on Capitol Hill."

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Hour for hour, and dollar for dollar, they're probably the most effective lobby on Capitol Hill.
Sen. Ted Kennedy, on the Tobacco Institute. Longtime TI head Horace Kornegay has died.