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No. 83 The States vs. The Tobacco Industry: Smoke and Assorted Mirrors (full text - pdf)
June 4, 1997
Two dozen states have filed lawsuits against the tobacco industry seeking reimbursement of Medicaid and other public health monies spent on smokers. As a matter of legal policy, these suits are a bad idea and should fail. If a state government wishes to raise additional moneys to cover smoking-related health care spending, raising the cigarette tax would be a much simpler, much cheaper, and much quicker route.
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