High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tobacco politics refers to the politics surrounding the use and distribution of tobacco.Tobacco has been taxed by state governments in the United States for decades. The cumulative revenue of US tobacco taxation was $14,974,713,000 in 2006, creating a major source of income for government.The tobacco lobby gives money to politicians to vote in favor of deregulating tobacco[citation needed]. It is estimated that the United States tobacco lobby spends an average of $106,415 each day legislature meets. Major big tobacco lobbying companies include Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. and Lorillard Tobacco Co. The tobacco lobby lost a chunk of its support when the U.S. National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) filed charges against the Tobacco Institute, a tobacco industry advocacy group.