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Tobacco

In 1998, the Attorneys General of 46 states signed a Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) with the four largest tobacco companies in the United States to settle state suits to recover billions of dollars in costs associated with treating smoking-related illnesses.

For more information about the MSA, see the National Association of Attorneys General Tobacco Project.

Since 2000, a group of Attorneys General has been working with sellers of tobacco products to implement new procedures to reduce sales of cigarettes to minors. Through this group, Oregon has entered into settlement agreements with the following companies to date:

• Shell - October 10, 2008
• Kroger - October 25, 2007
• CVS - March 15, 2006
• ConocoPhillips - December 21, 2005
• 7-Eleven - August 11, 2005
• Rite-Aid - September 8, 2004
• ARCO - July 29, 2003
• Walmart - September 30, 2003
• BP/Amoco - December 18, 2002
• Exxon/Mobil - August 13, 2002
• Walgreens - February 13, 2002

The Attorney General's Committee on Kids and Tobacco drafted a report in 2001 to address the question of how to reduce youth access and addiction to tobacco (pdf).