The impression I get, and I think a lot of people in the public, when they read a headline one day and then in 72 hours it is completely flipped around, is that the tobacco industry lobbyists are calling the shots.
Sarbanes expresses concern over tobacco lobbyists influencing policy changes rapidly.
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