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PLONIDA CLIPPING SEXVICE. INC. P.O. BOX 10278 TAMPA, PL 33679 813/831-0961 340 M1AMI HERALD AM 500000 sUN 540000 MIAMI iv DC 12/13/92 r I `abacco indust `investin ' in new administration T r o~ ~ ~ ByFRANK ~~ who was named Saturday by tobacco's efforts will play out ing to studies by anti-smoking Hbraww..Mnptoneursau Clinton as secretary of eom- In addition to direct party contributions by the with President-elect Bill Clinton, groups, and polls indicate that WASHINGTON - The merce, is a artner in Patton, who was a cautious tobacco foe most Americans endorse a tobacco indust has invested p ~ as governor of Arkansas. tobacco tax increase, including rY Boggs & Blow, a law firm that industry, ttobacco-related PACs gave another He vetoed so-called smokers' the 25 percent who smoke. heavily in the incoming Clinton lobbies Congress on behalf of ~5 ri ts I islation that would have Bi rice increases effectivel administration. both the Smokeless Tobacco ~p1.5 million to individual House and Senate ~' ~ g p y Tobacco companies gave Council and the tobacco indus- affirmed the right to smoke in discourage smoking, particularly almost $800,000 to the Demo- try's Freedom to Advertise eandidates from both parties. public places and protected among teens, according to the cratic Party for the ( 992 election, Coalition. smokers from employment dis- General Accounting Office, con- compared with only $38,000 for Philip Morris retains the law crimination. He also increased which studied the issue for con- the .1988 election, accordln to to convention VIPs. tobacco's few active foes in Con- Arkansas' cigarette tax, but only gressional policymakers. B firms of Richard Riley, director „ F~deral Election Commission of Clinton's sub-Cabinet person- gress. They're just trying to stop by I cent a pack. Also of concern to tobacco $4 reCOrds. mllllon fn eontrlbufiona one from ever being mounted companies are the new adminis- In addition, a number of eloae nel search, and of Mickey Kan- In addition to direct party con- against them." Induatry Nan taxh tration's policies toward the C/intoit adviaets and tor, Clinton's campaign chatr- tributions by the industry, tobac- As a result, Synar said, "When The greatest threat to the exposure of nonsmokers to party lead- man. Both firms have opposed co-related PACs gave another I lobby my colleagues, I don't get tobacco industry from the reve- tobacco smoke. ers have had buaineas ties to the indoor smoking restrictions. $l 5 million to individual House 'Mike, you're wron I industry. To woo Democrats, the B•~ get, nue-hungry Clinton administra- Environmental Protection Vernon Jordan, the transition tobacco companies have also and Senate candidates from both 'Mike, aren't there other issues tion is a possible federal cigarette Agency Administrator William ehalrman, is a longtime R!R made some flamboyant gestures. parties. The Republican Party we can deal with that are more tax increase, according to indus- Reilly is expected to rule that Nabisco board member who last RJR Nabisco and the Tobacco received $1.5 million more. important?' " try sources and their crtttcs. such exposure is harms health, took tem~ leave Institute co-ansored Brown's Tobacco's $4 million total in fed- The industry's trade associa- Federal cigarette taxes have but what is done about the prob- month his p° eral contributions ranked it tion isn't talking about its declined over the past 35 years as lem will be up to the Clinton ,, from the board and hts law firm mammoth election night victory above organized labor and doc- motives for political giving. a share of cost-per-pack, accord- administration ~. after anti-smoking groups pro- bash in Washington. U.S. tors amon tested. His law ftm, Akin, Tobacco, the snuff and chewing 8 political players in "Our longstanding policy is not asons behind a~ di the r t 1992 scuss e o . ¢ump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, tobacco company, gave a party What is the motive of all of this contribution," said Thomas continues to lobby Congress for on an aircraft carner during the vin ? Luria, a Tobacco Institute the tobacco and food conglomer- Democratic convention, and ~~~They're not really trying to spokesman, in an interview Ate. Philip Morris spent more than accomplish an agenda," said Wednesday. Rqn Brown, the Democratic $100,000 to turn the top of New Re . Mike S nar, D-Okla., one of It remains to be seen how v p y h i d C ' T er enter o ra National Committee c a rman York e s World 7 i