11.   Does the tobacco lobby live on?

12.   Few former tobacco industry employees have discussed their roles or shed light on the inner workings of the tobacco lobby.

13.   For the tobacco lobby and the telecommunications interests, the Senate majority leader has been Trent Thanks-a-Lott.

14.   He said the tobacco lobby often plies lawmakers with gifts because campaign contribution limits restrict its ability to pour money directly into local campaigns.

15.   However, in recent years, they have become increasingly uncomfortable with the tobacco lobby and its apparent duplicity.

16.   If the next Congress is smart, it will recognize that the Pentagon has embarked on a sensible and healthy course and will resist the tobacco lobby.

17.   In Arizona, the tobacco lobby is ready for the fight.

18.   No president has opposed the tobacco lobby before.

19.   Pertschuk believes the next presidential election will not be won by pandering to either the Southern white male or the tobacco lobby but by sticking to universally applauded goals.

20.   Republican Conference Chairman John Boehner, of Ohio, did it last year, handing out checks from the tobacco lobby.