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RJR has contributed $10,000 to Non-Smoker Protection Committee. <ref>Join Together news summary[http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2006/tobacco-co-jumps-into-ariz.html Tobacco Company Jumps into Arizona Smokefree Battle]
June 5, 2006. Accesed Accessed March 25, 2008</ref>The initiative would overturn existing smoking bans in cities such as Tempe and would prevent other cities from instituting them. Dr. Leland Fairbanks, a retired doctor, told <i>Associated Press</i> that the name of the tobacco-friendly proposal has fooled some people into signing the petition supporting the initiative being placed on the ballot. "There's a lot of deception going on," Fairbanks said. "Many people think they're signing the health one, but they're signing the R.J. Reynolds one. They're mad, and they should be." Tobacco control groups are proposing an alternative initiative, the Smoke-Free Arizona Act. [http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/14799268.htm]
In July 2006 ''Associated Press'' the Non-Smoker Protection Committee was one of four campaigns RJR was spending approximately $40 million on to defeat anti-smoking measures. Others include [[Smoke Less Ohio]] and campaigns in California and Missouri. [http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060728/BIZ/607280378/1040/LIFESTYLE03]
