An attorney for Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco, or MPAAT told a Ramsey County judge that the organization has radically changed how its board operates and has boosted funding to help individual smokers quit. The changes were in response to Attorney General Mike Hatch and the judge's criticisms that the anti-smoking organization was rife with conflicts of interest and spent too much money on attempts to sway anti-smoking actions in buildings and workplaces. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports: MPAAT attorney Lew Remele told Judge Michael Fetsch that the anti-smoking organization has evolved and has taken to heart the court and the Attorney General's criticisms. Remele said MPAAT now flatly prohibits grants to current board officers, their family members or affiliated organizations. He also said MPAAT will restructure its board so it's not comprised solely of healthcare and anti-tobacco representatives. Remele said MPAAT will help individual smokers by setting up sites in health care centers to offer assistance; meet with labor unions to set up MPAAT sites in workplaces; and work specifically with groups that were targeted by tobacco companies including people of color.