Report on the Giant Tobacco Settlement

Remember the Big Tobacco Settlement? In 1998, several large tobacco companies and the Attorneys-General of many states crafted a settlement. Americans have been led to believe that the settlement punished tobacco companies for decades of dishonest business practices, such as lying to the public about the health risks of smoking. But the truth is that the settlement that was negotiated behind closed doors created a new cartel arrangement between state governments and big tobacco companies.

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