In addition, Reynolds American is listed as having contributed between $5,000 and $15,000, and Altria was a corporate partner at the legislative conference in September
Another argument against this bill claims it to be regressive, holding that the tax increase unfairly targets the poor because according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) more than half of all smokers are low income
But Stanford Law Professor Mark Lemley, an expert in intellectual property, said that made little difference if the cigarettes were due to be sold in North Africa, where Eastern Company, for example, has registered trademarks in Libya and Egypt
Whilst it increases the cancer risk for the places it contacts the nose, mouth and throat the overall level of risk of harm and death is also lower than with smoking cigarettes