A donor report published by the Australian Electoral Commission shows tobacco company Philip Morris gave $10,780 to the National Party in 2014-15.

The Nationals are the only major political party which still accept donations from the tobacco industry: Labor stopped in 2004 and was followed by the Liberals in 2013.

Lyne MP Dr David Gillespie is one of only two medical doctors in either house of Federal Parliament, with the other being his Coalition colleague, Dr Andrew Southcott.

Dr Gillespie said he said he only discovered that his party accepted the donations last week.

"Yeah look, there is some personal concern regarding that," he told the Port News.

"Personally, I was conflicted when I heard that."

The Nationals' federal director, Scott Mitchell, said the amounts were not donations but fees to meet key members of the party.

Mr Mitchell also said the Philip Morris staff would only have met with backbenchers.

One person they didn't meet with was Dr Gillespie.

"I understand the argument that taking a donation means you approve of [the donor]," the Lyne MP explained.

"And the reality is you need funds to run a campaign.

"But I've spent my life trying to get people off the drug, so I was certainly conflicted."

His colleague Fiona Nash is a Nationals member from southern NSW, and as Rural Health Minister is responsible for the government's tobacco policy.

While she believed the party should not accept tobacco donations, she told Fairfax Media it was a matter for the party.