Master Settlement Agreement

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legal settlement multistate settlement agreement tobacco control measure

The Master Settlement Agreement is a landmark 1998 legal accord in which major U.S. tobacco companies agreed to pay billions of dollars to states and accept sweeping restrictions on cigarette advertising and marketing to resolve numerous lawsuits over smoking-related health costs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Master Settlement Agreement canonical	6
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement	2
Master Settlement Agreement with U.S. states	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal settlement ⓘ multistate settlement agreement ⓘ tobacco control measure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	MSA ⓘ Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ surface form: Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
bans	brand-name sponsorship of concerts and sporting events with significant youth audiences ⓘ most tobacco brand merchandise ⓘ use of cartoon characters in cigarette advertising ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdEntity	American Legacy Foundation ⓘ Truth Initiative ⓘ
criticizedFor	lack of strict requirements on how states spend settlement funds ⓘ
establishes	limits on tobacco industry lobbying of youth-targeted policies ⓘ
estimatedTotalPayments	over 200 billion U.S. dollars over first 25 years ⓘ
excludesState	Florida ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ Texas ⓘ
funds	national anti-smoking media campaigns ⓘ
governs	participating manufacturers of cigarettes ⓘ
impact	major increase in state revenues from tobacco companies ⓘ significant reduction in visible cigarette advertising in public spaces in the United States ⓘ
includesMechanism	adjustments to payments based on cigarette sales volume ⓘ non-participating manufacturer adjustment ⓘ
includesParty	Brown & Williamson ⓘ Lorillard Tobacco Company ⓘ Philip Morris USA ⓘ R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ⓘ surface form: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
legalBasis	settlement of multiple state lawsuits ⓘ
numberOfOriginalStates	46 ⓘ
paymentDuration	indefinite annual payments ⓘ
paymentRecipients	participating states and territories ⓘ
primaryParties	District of Columbia ⓘ U.S. states ⓘ U.S. territories ⓘ major U.S. tobacco companies ⓘ
prohibits	targeted marketing of cigarettes to youth ⓘ
purpose	reduce youth smoking ⓘ regulate tobacco advertising and marketing ⓘ resolve state lawsuits seeking reimbursement for smoking-related health care costs ⓘ
relatedTo	public health law in the United States ⓘ state tobacco control programs ⓘ
requires	disbanding of certain tobacco industry trade organizations ⓘ disclosure of certain internal tobacco industry documents ⓘ
requiresPaymentOf	billions of dollars annually ⓘ
restricts	billboard cigarette advertising ⓘ outdoor cigarette advertising ⓘ transit cigarette advertising ⓘ
signedIn	1998 ⓘ
signedOn	November 23, 1998 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Browne & Williamson → involvedIn → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ

Master Settlement Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement

MSA → standsFor → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ

Philip Morris USA → involvedIn → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ

Philip Morris USA → partyTo → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ

Truth Initiative → foundedAsResultOf → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ

Brown & Williamson → roleIn → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ

Brown & Williamson → partyTo → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement

Lorillard Tobacco Company → involvedIn → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Master Settlement Agreement with U.S. states