1.   And many of his opponents in Congress represent tobacco states or are top recipients of tobacco industry largess.

2.   Bliley, a Republican, is from Virginia, a tobacco state.

3.   Bowles declined, citing his ties to North Carolina, the tobacco state.

4.   All the Democratic senators who voted were in favor of cloture except for two from tobacco states, Wendell Ford of Kentucky and Charles Robb of Virginia.

5.   Bowles, from top tobacco state North Carolina, sought to avoid the perception of a conflict of interest and suggested Lindsey.

6.   Burr is a freshman from another tobacco state who serves on the House Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the FDA.

7.   But Democrats from tobacco states are also afraid -- that tobacco regulation could cost Democrats the South.

8.   Clinton also would have Congress join him to face the political heat from tobacco states that he otherwise would bear alone.

9.   Even in the tobacco state of Kentucky, Clinton found a warm welcome at Ashland, along the banks of the Ohio River.

10.   Forty Republicans and two Democrats from tobacco states, Wendell Ford of Kentucky and Charles Robb of Virginia, voted against it.