Advocacy Institute
An anti-tobacco organization based in Washington, D.C.The abbreviation for the Advocacy Institute is AI. The AI is run by Michael Pertschuk. The phone number is 202-659-8475. (P. Reynolds 6/13/94). The AI is an antismoking group. Lawyers for the American Tobacco Company filed a subpoena circa 3/94 for access to the membership list of a computer network used by the AI. AI sought to quash the subpoena. (WSJ 3/30/94).