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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (518620)	1/2/2004 4:30:15 PM
From: tonto	Respond to of 769670

Kenneth,...give us a break... Smoking cigarettes is additive and can cause cancer admits the Liggett Group, the smallest of the five major U.S. tobacco companies. In an historic settlement with 22 state Attorneys General, Liggett will include a warning on its cigarette products, pay $25 million in penalities up front, allocate an additional 25% of its pre-tax profits for 25 years as an additional penalty, and turn over documents that indicate cigarettes were specifically marketed to minors. A background report is followed by interviews with Christine Gregoire, Washington State Attorney General, and Paul Raeburn, Business Week correspondent. CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT: For the first time ever a cigarette maker has admitted that smoking is hazardous to your health. Today the smallest of the big five cigarette companies, the Liggett Group, agreed to a landmark settlement with 22 states. The remaining tobacco companies have not agreed to any settlements with the states. They are Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and Lorillard. The settlement stems from a series of lawsuits brought by states beginning in 1994. The states demanded that the tobacco industry foot the bill for costs incurred for treating patients with smoke-related illnesses. According to the government about 46 million people smoke and smoking kills almost 400,000 people a year. The link between cigarette smoking and cancer was never proved. Right?