I'm an investigative journalist. I've found evidence showing that Altria, America's biggest tobacco company, asked Mitch McConnell to present the Tobacco to 21 bill he introduced on Monday and that it's probably not meant to keep nicotine away from kids. AMA.
Four separate federal bills were introduced last month to increase the legal smoking age to 21, and I've found evidence linking all but one of them to Altria: the company that owns Philip Morris and 35% of Juul.
Records show that they hired a lobbyist firm specifically to convince Mitch McConnell to put through a Tobacco to 21 law.
They also hired another firm to convince lawmakers to support a different Tobacco to 21 bill that is now co-sponsored by Mitt Romney.
The evidence suggests that these federal Tobacco to 21 bills are intended to be ineffective and, in at least one case, uses language that would relax FDA restrictions on Altria's e-cigarettes, making it easier for them to market them to kids.
There's a lot to it. AMA.
Here's the article with the details:
And here's proof:
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