Government Affairs
Consistent with our Vision & Cultural Aspiration, Altria Group and its companies advocate on a wide range of public policy issues that affect our businesses. We do this through responsible and constructive engagement with government officials, retailers, wholesalers, adult consumers and other stakeholders.
Participation in the political and public policy processes is vital to our business, serves the best interests of our shareholders, employees, trade partners and adult consumers, and is a necessary component of good corporate citizenship. Altria Group and its companies pursue our public policy objectives with integrity, responsibility and in full compliance with all laws. Our voluntary, wide-ranging disclosures provide meaningful information to shareholders, enabling them to understand our work in this area and to assess whether our activities may create any unnecessary risks.
In 2022, we introduced our Lobbying and Political Activity Transparency & Integrity Report, which examines all of our public policy activities — including direct lobbying at the federal, state, and local levels, grassroots (indirect lobbying) activities, support of public policy organizations, candidates and political committees — and the extensive compliance program we have that governs these activities. This annual, in-depth report is designed to provide shareholders and the public with a transparent review of Altria’s Government Affairs engagement, the company’s official policy positions and the ethical framework for how we participated in public policy and political arenas.
