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Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement

The forty-six states, with the District of Columbia and five territories, that signed the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement.

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Dates
23 Nov 1998

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settled with

  • Liggett Group Mar 1997 agreement with seventeen states, with a public statement that smoking causes lung cancer and that cigarettes and nicotine are addictive Primary record 3
  • Brown & Williamson 23 Nov 1998 no admission of liability or wrongdoing Primary record 12
  • Liggett Group 23 Nov 1998 no admission of liability or wrongdoing Primary record 3
  • Lorillard Tobacco Company 23 Nov 1998 no admission of liability or wrongdoing Primary record 12
  • Philip Morris USA 23 Nov 1998 no admission of liability or wrongdoing Primary record 12
  • R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 23 Nov 1998 no admission of liability or wrongdoing Primary record 12
Timeline 8 dates
  1. Mar 1997 Liggett Group settled with Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement
  2. 23 Nov 1998 Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement
  3. 23 Nov 1998 Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement signed Master Settlement Agreement
  4. 23 Nov 1998 Brown & Williamson settled with Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement
  5. 23 Nov 1998 Liggett Group settled with Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement
  6. 23 Nov 1998 Lorillard Tobacco Company settled with Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement
  7. 23 Nov 1998 Philip Morris USA settled with Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement
  8. 23 Nov 1998 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company settled with Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement
Proof 3 sources
  1. Master Settlement Agreement (23 November 1998), with exhibits, Settling States and Participating Manufacturers (copy kept by the Idaho Attorney General, via Internet Archive), 23 Nov 1998. Primary record
    This Master Settlement Agreement is made by the undersigned Settling State officials (on behalf of their respective Settling States) and the undersigned Participating Manufacturers
    an admission or concession or evidence of ( 1 ) any liability or any wrongdoing whatsoever on the part of any Released Party
  2. The Master Settlement Agreement: An Overview, Public Health Law Center (Tobacco Control Legal Consortium), 2015. Scholarship & press
    The MSA is a private agreement between forty-six states, four U.S. territories, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and the four largest tobacco
    the four largest tobacco manufacturers – Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and Lorillard, known collectively as the Original Participating Manufacturers.
  3. United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc., 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2006), Final Opinion (Judge Gladys Kessler), U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (text via govinfo.gov), 17 Aug 2006. Primary record
    Liggett agreed to make a public statement acknowledging, among other things, that smoking is a cause of lung cancer and other diseases and that both cigarette smoking and nicotine are addictive.
    In March 1997, Liggett entered into a comprehensive agreement
    Liggett became a signatory to the Master Settlement Agreement in November 1998, at the same time that the major companies entered into that Agreement.
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