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Deck WASHINGTON -- Congress is known for leaving business unfinished, but rarely is a task left undone for more than four decades. The tobacco industry is a prolific donor of campaign funds and a lobbying titan.

By Wendy Koch As cigarette smoking declines, cheap look-alikes in fruity flavors are gaining substantial ground and worrying public health officials. U.S.

By Joe Nocera 'We don't make widgets," Steve Parrish likes to say. Parrish, 56, is senior vice president for corporate affairs at Altria Group, a holding company based in New York that is the 10th most profitable corporation in America.