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Downloaded from the National Library for the EnvironmentTobacco Master Settlement Agreement • May 5th, 2020
RL30058: Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (1998): Overview, Implementation by States, and Congressional Issues C. Stephen Redhead Specialist in Public and Environmental Health Domestic Social Policy Division Updated November 5, 1999 CONTENTS Summary Overview MSA Implementation by States Funding for Tobacco Control Programs Other Legislation American Legacy Foundation National Tobacco Growers' Settlement Trust Fund Smokeless Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Congressional Issues Federal Medicaid Recoupment FDA Regulation Economic and Tax Issues Federal Tobacco Lawsuit Additional Information Footnotes List of Tables Summary On November 23, 1998, attorneys general representing 46 states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S. territories signed an agreement with the major cigarette companies to settle all the state lawsuits seeking to recover the Medicaid costs of treating smokers. The Master Settlement Agreement, or MSA, contractually imposes some restrictions on tobacco advert
