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The Tobacco Master Settlement: That Time We Got Em

July 21, 2026·46 min·6-min readnarrativeculture
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The episode explores the decades-long campaign by Big Tobacco to deny the health risks of smoking, manipulate public perception, and evade accountability—until a coalition of 50 Attorneys General launched a historic legal offensive that culminated in the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agr

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Michael MooreFred PanzerLuther TerryJohn McCainStanley and Susan Rosenblatt

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Philip MorrisR. J. ReynoldsTruth Initiative

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Corporate StrategyCriminal JusticeInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismPolitical NewsUs Politics

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