© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 21, 1598-1599,
November 6, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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Tobacco Programs Wither As States Divert Settlement Revenue
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The November 1998 settlement between 46 of the nation’s attorneys general and the tobacco industry resulted in $206 billion paid to states by tobacco companies over 25 years with billions more to come in decades to follow, not including at least $40 billion in agreements separately negotiated by Florida, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Texas.
The multibillion-dollar pact was seen by cancer-prevention advocates as a milestone. Perhaps money directed to tobacco prevention and/or cessation programs would be a way to reduce the discouraging numbers put out by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC): more than 440,000 deaths each year are directly attributable to tobacco, with annual treatment costs of $75 billion, and
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