You might have received a survey in your mailbox entitled “The Nelson Report.” It’s not surprising it doesn’t say who it’s from, since it’s actually from Mark Nelson—a lobbyist for big tobacco, a.k.a. Oregonians Against the Blank Check. He was burned in September for sending out a misleading letter, which appeared to be personally written by an elementary school teacher, but was actually sent out by Nelson.

A reader alerted us to this survey and suggested it might be called The Nelson Report to purposely mislead people into believing it’s from Nielson Media Research, the company in charge of the television rating system, Nielson Ratings.

The Nelson Report is also the name of a daily briefing on international events, written by Chris Nelson.

Since Mark Nelson is a sneaky tobacco lobbyist, I suggest tossing that survey in the recycling bin.

-Jennifer Furniss