$5 Million Donation Preceded FDA Vape Decision
The donation came days before industry representatives met with Trump and the FDA later eased flavored-vape restrictions that could aid major tobacco companies.
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‘Open, Shameless Grift’: Right Before FDA Ruling on Vapes, Big Tobacco Company Gave $5 Million to a Trump Super PAC
It was already known that President Donald Trump pressured top health officials to allow flavored vapes to hit the market after being leaned on by Big Tobacco executives. Now, The New York Times has revealed that the decision came just over a week after a massive super PAC donation from one of the cigarette companies looking to have the regulations lifted.
NYT: Vape Makers Paid $5 Million Bribe To Trump PAC
The New York Times reports: The tobacco company Reynolds American donated $5 million to a super PAC backed by President Trump last month, about one week before his administration rolled out a new policy that could prove lucrative to the tobacco industry. The donation, which came through a Reynolds subsidiary and brings to $8 million the total donated by the subsidiary to MAGA Inc., the Trump-backed super PAC, was revealed in a campaign finance…
'Bribe': Outrage as report reveals massive donation preceded Trump's 'gift' to Big Tobacco
A tobacco giant donated $5 million to President Donald Trump's super PAC just days before his administration rolled out a new policy that could prove enormously lucrative for the industry — and critics are not letting it slide.Reynolds American, makers of Vuse vapes, made the donation on April 30 th...
$5 Million Donation Preceded FDA Vape Decision
New York Times: "The tobacco company Reynolds American donated $5 million to a super PAC backed by President Trump last month, about one week before his administration rolled out a new policy that could prove lucrative to the tobacco industry."
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