To battle a giant, send in the Girl Scouts — a special-forces team Big Tobacco should fear.The tobacco industry sets the standard for lobbyists. The industry's stealth, formidable tactics affect outcomes in city, county, state and federal politics. The fast-growing marijuana industry follows Big Tobacco's model."The tobacco industry invented the kind of special-interest lobbying that has become so characteristic of late 20th- and earlier 21st-century American [...]
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