Tobacco Settlement : An Overview.
Provides an overview of the agreement between lawyers representing cigarette manufacturers and a group of State attorneys general, plaintiff's lawyers, and public health advocates. Reviews provisions that would settle lawsuits brought by States seeking to recoup Medicaid spending for smoking-re...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1997.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Provides an overview of the agreement between lawyers representing cigarette manufacturers and a group of State attorneys general, plaintiff's lawyers, and public health advocates. Reviews provisions that would settle lawsuits brought by States seeking to recoup Medicaid spending for smoking-related illnesses, ban class-action lawsuits against the tobacco industry, provide $386.5 billion from the tobacco industry to compensate States and individuals for tobacco-related health costs and finance nationwide anti-smoking programs, and expand the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of tobacco. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |