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Congressman who compared cigarettes to smoking lettuce becomes lobbyist for R.J. Reynolds

By ProPublica

October 3, 2012 - Indiana Republican Steve Buyer, who fought tobacco regulation while in the House, is now representing the North Carolina-based tobacco giant, which has been aggressively marketing smokeless tobacco products in the face of declining U.S. cigarette consumption rates.

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Congressman who compared cigarettes to smoking lettuce becomes lobbyist for R.J. Reynolds

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