• Legislative and regulatory policy related to the classification of cigars and cigarettes (27 CFR Parts 40, 41, 44 and 45); and FDA regulation of tobacco products

Duration: March 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015

General Issues: Tobacco

Spending: about $0 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Food & Drug Administration (FDA)