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#TrackTobacco

1.) Who’s lobbying for Big Tobacco in your state? @ASHorg tracked 1,199 tobacco lobbyist & firm registrations across all 50 states + D.C. in 2026.

And 339 lobbyists/firms have appeared every year for six years.

Who’s on the list? Explore here: https://ash.org/lobbyist-data
#TrackTobacco

2.) +402%. That’s the growth in Philip Morris International’s US lobbying presence since 2021.

It’s the largest sustained climb among major tobacco companies tracked by @ASHorg.

Tobacco companies aren’t sitting on the sidelines. They’re building influence.

See the six-year trend: https://ash.org/lobbyist-data
#TrackTobacco

3.) What’s happening in YOUR state?

📍 Who represents Altria?

📍 Who represents Reynolds?

📍 Who represents PMI?

📍 How many tobacco lobbyists are registered?

📍 Has the network grown—or shrunk?

@ASHorg mapped tobacco lobbying across all 50 states + D.C.

Check your state: https://ash.org/tobacco-money
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4.)📍 Someone is lobbying for tobacco interests where you live.

How many lobbyists are there? Which companies are represented? Has their presence changed? @ASHorg mapped it all.

5.) The most important tobacco lobbyist may be the one you never hear about.

@ASHorg found 1,199 tobacco lobbyist & firm registrations in 2026.

But lobbying disclosures are fragmented across 50 states + D.C.—making industry influence difficult to see as a whole.

So we mapped it. Now you can see it, too: https://ash.org/lobbyist-data
#TrackTobacco

6.) Six years of data. One clear pattern: the tobacco industry has built a persistent lobbying machine in state capitals across the U.S.

@ASHorg’s Tobacco Lobbyist Tracker identifies 1,199 tobacco industry lobbyist and lobbying firm registrations across all 50 states + D.C. in 2026.

See who is lobbying for tobacco in your state: https://ash.org/tobacco-money
#TrackTobacco