Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education

These quarterly reports provide regular, detailed updates of the tobacco industry's campaign

contributions to sitting members of Congress, candidates for federal office, political parties, leadership

PACs and other political action committees. Each issue also provides additional information on the

tobacco companies' political influence, including new analyses of the correlation between these

payments and the tobacco-related legislation that members of the U.S. Congress support.

Data reported so far in the 2001-2002 election cycle (from January 1, 2001 to January 3, 2003)1

indicate the tobacco industry has given $8,477,974 in soft and PAC money to federal candidates,

political parties and other political action committees.