By comparison, the tobacco lobby spent $26.9 million in that same period, 1991 to 1997.

The tobacco lobby can be expected to mount an aggressive campaign.

The clear message was that he had enough on his plate with the anti tobacco lobby, the government, the media, and the court system.

I've spoken to the president and he's behind me, but he wants support from the anti tobacco lobby.

He's trying to get the support of the anti tobacco lobby so that they'll back the move and stand behind the president.

The tobacco lobby once held enormous power in the back rooms of Congress.

I ask this Congress to resist the tobacco lobby.

"No President had ever taken on the tobacco lobby before," he said.

"So much for the tobacco lobby's claim that children do not see or get an impact from adult advertisements," he said.

Finally, I should also like to draw your attention to the link between the tobacco lobby and politicians.