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Sample Social Media Posts (Graphics Here)#TrackTobacco 1.) @ASHorg’s Lobbyist Tracker shows a 24% increase in tobacco industry lobbying registrations in 2025 compared to 2024. Tobacco lobbyists work to protect their profits not life-saving policies; they have no place in health policy. https://ash.org/tobacco-money #TrackTobacco 2.) The most significant change in data

Lobbyist records were obtained by visiting the lobbying registration websites for all 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC). These public records were searched for tobacco companies, tobacco industry trade associations, and tobacco retailers currently employing lobbyists or lobbying firms. To view each states lobbying disclosure ranking please visit

The following is a list of the major tobacco companies/trade associations with registered lobbyists in state legislatures included in the ASH Lobbyist Tracker:   Altria/Philip Morris USA Altria Group, Inc. (previously Philip Morris Companies, Inc.) is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, John Middleton, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., and NuMark. It is the