Janna Ryan, Paul Ryan's Wife, Lobbied For Cigar, Nuclear, Pharmaceutical Industries

The details of Janna Ryan's lobbying career come as Democrats and Republican party insiders question whether Paul Ryan's career in government, and his scant private sector experience, are at odds with Mitt Romney's pro-business, anti-Washington message.

The cigar lobbying effort was launched to fend off congressional scrutiny of the industry, following revelations in the late 1990s that cigar manufacturers had orchestrated a decades-long campaign to make cigars look cool, and to minimize their health hazards. This included paying celebrities to smoke cigars at events and coincided with the launch of Cigar Aficionado, a magazine that glamorizes cigar smoking and relies heavily on industry advertising (its former landlord was also the CEO of General Cigar Holdings, one of the nation's largest cigar manufacturers). Cigars contain as much nicotine as several cigarettes.