The two sides in Denver’s ballot battle over flavored tobacco have together raised more than $650,000.

So far, the nicotine industry is winning the fundraising battle.

That’s according to campaign filings posted Friday on the website of the Office of the Denver Clerk and Recorder.

The fight is about whether to keep or repeal Denver’s ban on flavored tobacco. The Denver City Council banned the sales last year, and voters will decide this November whether to keep the ban in place.

The campaign to repeal the ban is known as “Citizen Power!” It has raised $410,000. That includes $75,000 from both the tobacco giant Altria and the multinational company Philip Morris International. Other top contributors include local vape advocates. The Rocky Mountain Smoke Free Alliance has given almost $17

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