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Amanda Cahill

Amanda Cahill

COMMENTARY

Poll shows Montana legislators are out of touch with voters on tobacco issues

By: and - April 14, 2021

An overwhelming number of Montana voters are concerned about tobacco use. So why do some members of the Montana Legislature continue to push bills on behalf of tobacco companies and against the wishes and health of Montanans? For example, Senate Bill 398, sponsored by Sen. Jason Ellsworth, actually makes it easier for the tobacco industry […]

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Big Tobacco is just blowing more smoke in HB137

By: , and - February 12, 2021

It’s an insult to blow smoke in someone’s face. That’s what Big Tobacco and its enablers in the Legislature are doing to Montanans right now, and we should all be offended. House Bill 137, sponsored by vape shop owner Rep. Ron Marshall, would allow people to use electronic smoking devices such as e-cigarettes in nearly all […]