The National Tobacco Agreement

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the money they lost through taxes and
various other costs because of the tobacco industry. Instead of dealing
with all forty states separately, the states and the tobacco companies came
to a compromise and decided it would be in the best interest of everyone if
they settled out of court.
There are five major points of this settlement that both parties
have signed and agreed to. The tobacco companies will have to pay $368
billion in damages over a span of twenty five years which would then be
spent on medical expenses for treating the ill infected by a tobacco
product, anti-tobacco campaigns, insurance money for young children, etc.
Another major factor effected is marketing. Tobacco companies can no longer
post billboards inside stadiums or outside in public places, print out
color ads with people or cartoons, sponsor sport-related events, sell their
products from vending machines, and people are no longer permitted to smoke
in public places. They have also agreed to reduce teen ...

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