Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement

COMMENTARY

Up in smoke: WV squandered tobacco settlement funding. Now’s the time to bring it back. 

BY: and - September 21, 2023

The tobacco industry has a playbook, script and strategy that continues to effectively work in West Virginia. Twenty-five years ago, it experienced a stinging blow that was our first and only opportunity to strike back. Today, we continue to squander that opportunity.  In 1998, the tobacco industry and 46 states, including West Virginia, reached what […]