• HR.3162, Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: SEC.1001. Excise tax on tobacco products. S.1893, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007: SEC.701. Excise tax on tobacco products.
• Monitoring tobacco and smoking legislation, including the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (HR.1108/S.625).
• FDA regulation of tobacco; and monitoring tobacco and smoking legislation, including the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (HR.1108/S.625).

Duration: November 1, 2007 to January 31, 2009

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Tobacco, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $240,000 (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.

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