Tobacco’s hand in state politics
A research observatory on tobacco-industry lobbying across all 50 states and D.C.: who lobbies, where, for whom, and how it’s shifting over time.
2026 figures from ASH’s multi-year tobacco lobbyist tracker, reflecting filings to date; nothing here is a national spending total.
Company maps
State-by-state registration maps for every company, 2021 to 2026, with change, new/disappeared, and small-multiple year views.
Explore →National dashboard
National totals, firm-versus-individual disclosure context for all 51 jurisdictions, and the specific 2026 bills tobacco is lobbying where states disclose them.
Explore →Trends
Company composition over time, an emerging-nicotine vs. traditional view, and indexed growth since 2021.
Explore →Lobbyist networks
Longevity and persistence, year-over-year churn, and the cross-state representation network of multi-state lobbyists.
Explore →Cross-sector overlap
Washington firms that lobby for tobacco and health, finance, tech, alcohol, gaming and more, grouped by sector.
Explore →Expenditure
Exact disclosed spend for Minnesota, Washington, California and Alaska, plus Florida 2021–2026 (both branches), with a manual queue for the rest.
Explore →About this observatory
Every U.S. state and the District of Columbia require lobbyists or their employers to disclose who they work for. ASH’s tracker pulls the tobacco-industry slice of those filings into one place, company by company and state by state from 2021 through 2026, so patterns of influence can be seen and questioned.
What it covers
Registrations for Altria, Philip Morris International, Reynolds American, JUUL, the Cigar Association, Swisher, General Cigar, Vapor Technology Association, ITG Brands and others, plus repeat representatives, cross-state and cross-sector overlap, and disclosed spend where states publish it.
How to read it
A “visible lobbyist/firm row” is a row in a state workbook, not a nationally deduplicated person. ITG Brands is a separate category only from 2026. Repeat-name and cross-sector findings are leads to confirm, not conclusions.
Status
2026 is a partial year, reflecting filings to date. Expenditure figures cover only the states with machine-readable sources and must not be summed across states or read as a national total.
