In the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement, the companies agreed to pay more than $200 billion to state governments for 25 years (actually a paltry sum compared to the costs of tobacco-related illnesses), but in exchange, they got something they wanted much more: an end to class-action lawsuits and a cap on punitive judgments for individual suits. The state governments, which depended on this money to balance budgets, had not wanted litigation to imperil the companies ability to continue writing them checks
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"These packs would play a significant role in ensuring volume growth for the cigarette companies impacted due to the massive price rise," he said
