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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Documents featured in this report derive from online Internet archives made public due to lawsuits against the tobacco industry.
From internal documents that came to light during lawsuits, we know the tobacco industry has had the capacity to reduce the addictiveness and toxicity of its products for years.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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In 1998, tobacco companies agreed to pay $206 billion over 25 years to 46 states to settle lawsuits.
Other investigations continue, spurred on, in part, by internal industry documents released in various lawsuits brought against tobacco companies.
Four states (Mississippi, Texas, Florida and Minnesota) settled their tobacco lawsuits separately for a total of $40 billion over the next 25 years.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Tobacco row under siege A sudden upsurge in major lawsuits against tobacco companies has turned previously unconcerned pension funds into shareholder activists.
Lawsuits have spurred grassroots campaigns against the tobacco industry, and helped generate the political momentum against the industry.
Upsurge in major lawsuits against tobacco companies creates shareholder activists.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Tobacco manufacturers and sellers are against smokers' rights; manufacturers have a record of violating this smoker right, as smokers' lawsuits establish.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Levy denounced state lawsuits against tobacco companies to recover Medicaid costs for treating people with smoking-related diseases.
President Clinton met with state attorneys general to endorse lawsuits brought by states against tobacco companies.
Agreement provides for unprecedented restrictions on cigarettes and on tobacco makers' liability in lawsuits.
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