Altria Client Services spent $2.32M in 2Q lobbying federal officials on taxes, other issues

Tobacco company’s rep spent $2.32M lobbying in 2Q

WASHINGTON — Altria Client Services Inc., on behalf of the nation’s biggest cigarette maker, spent $2.32 million lobbying the federal government in the second quarter on issues including the budget, taxes and other issues according to a recent disclosure form.

That’s less than the $3.9 million the company spent on lobbying a year earlier and the $3.1 million it spent in the first quarter.

Other issues Altria lobbied on in the April through June period included smuggled tobacco, cigarette trafficking and preventing cigarette trafficking, and access to courts, according to its July 20 filing with the House clerk’s office.

Altria lobbied only Congress during the quarter.

Altria Group Inc., based in Richmond, Va., is the owner of Philip Morris USA and makes top-selling Marlboro cigarettes and other tobacco products.