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The Tobacco Master Settlement: That Time We Got Em

7/21/202647 min

By the 1990s, cigarette makers had been hooking and killing off their customers for about a century. And they’d gotten good at both as well as covering up their harms. In 1994 they were still denying cigarettes were addictive. Then, the 50 Attorneys General of the US rode into town to take them on.

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Clips

Replacement Smokers Strategy Exposed
1994: "Not Addictive" Claim
Secret Documents Heist Drama
Teen Smoking Plummets Post-Settlement
Camel Joe Name Mix-Up

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