Twenty years ago, Georgia and 45 other states reached an agreement with tobacco companies that settled all future claims against the firms about smoking. A major goal of the pact was to reduce cigarette smoking in the nation.
The Master Settlement Agreement has provided Georgia with more than $3 billion since 2000. The money comes every year, and amounted to $150 million in fiscal 2019.
But a shrinking share of it goes to actual cancer prevention and treatment.
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