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The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) was entered on November 23, 1998, originally between the four largest United States tobacco companies (Philip Morris Inc., R. J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson and Lorillard – the "original participating manufacturers", referred to as the "Majors") and the attorneys general of 46 states.
The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) with Alabama is the particular version of the Tobacco MSA that was signed by Alabama, enabled by means of legislation in Alabama, and has been interpreted since then in Alabama courts.
A.D. Bedell Wholesale Co., Inc. v. Philip Morris Inc., 263 F.3d 239 (3d Cir. 2001), was an early appellate case testing the legality of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), in this instance whether it could properly be alleged to violate the Sherman Antitrust Act.
That was the situation in 1998, when Philip Morris, along with several other of the world's largest tobacco companies, ended years of litigation with 46 states through a master settlement ...
[2] [3] [4] They are also listed in the documents that are part of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. [5] It applies, as documented, only to American manufactured cigarettes intended for distribution within the United States by the listed companies. The five major tobacco companies that reported the information were: American Tobacco ...
22nd Century Group to Acquire Participating Member of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement CLARENCE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 22nd Century Group, Inc. (OTCQB: XXII) announced that the company ...
Truth Initiative was founded in 1999 as a result of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). The MSA was announced in 1998, resolving the lawsuits brought by 46 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and five territories against the major U.S. cigarette companies, to recover state Medicaid and other costs from caring for sick smokers.
Despite receiving billions from the 1998 tobacco settlement and taxes, U.S. states spend less than two percent of these funds to prevent kids from smoking.