['_', 'Feb', '24', '1995', '17:59:45', 'EST', 'Huntin', '85', 'Williams', 'HSG8', 'era', 'Page', 'B62', 'Of', '88', '°', 'Restricts', 'lobbying', 'against', 'laws', 'thar', 'limit', 'the', 'sale', 'of', 'non-tobacco', 'products', 'that', 'look', 'like', 'tabacce', 'products', '(bubble', 'gum)', '.', 'Establishes', 'a', 'National', 'Foundation', 'to', 'snidy', 'youth', 'smoking', '($250', 'million)', 'and', 'a', 'counter-advertising', 'fund', 'of', 'at', 'least', '$1.45', 'billion', '.', 'Establishes', 'a', '$50', 'million', 'enforcement', 'tund', 'with', 'the', 'National', 'Assaciation', 'of', 'Attorneys', 'General', 'By', 'obtaining', 'the', 'consensual', 'agreement', 'of', 'the', 'defendanrs,', 'the', 'State', 'has', 'achieved', 'remarkable', 'concessions', 'that', 'will', 'aid', 'in', 'reducing', 'teenage', 'smoking', '—', 'as', 'well', 'as', 'the', 'concomitant', 'addiction,', '|', 'disease,', 'and', 'death', '—', 'in', 'this', 'State.', 'In', 'recognition', 'of', 'the', 'fairness,', 'adequacy,', 'and', 'reasonableness', 'of', 'this', 'Serlement', 'Agreement,', 'the', 'Anorneys', 'General', 'from', 'each', 'of', 'the', '45', 'states,', 'four', 'territories,', 'the', 'Commonwealth', 'of', 'Puerto', 'Rico,', 'and', 'the', 'District', 'of', 'Columbia,', 'which', 'were', 'panicipating', 'in', 'the', 'tobacco', 'negotiations,', 'all', 'obviously', 'believing', 'that', 'the', 'semlement', 'was', 'a', 'berter', 'result', 'than', 'could', ',', '-', 'have', 'been', 'achieved', 'by', 'prolonged', 'litigation,', '’', 'approved', 'the', 'Senlement', 'Agreement.', 'Al]', 'signed', 'the', 'same', 'Senlement', 'Agreement', 'to', 'implement', 'a', 'nationwide', 'accord,', 'and', 'each', 'Anormey', 'General.', 'submitted', 'the', 'same', 'proposed', 'Consent', 'Decree', 'to', 'an', 'appropriate', 'court', 'in', 'his', 'or', 'her', 'respective', '!', 'state', 'or', 'territory.', 'Trial', 'judges', 'in', '9', 'states', 'or', 'territories', 'have', 'approved', 'the', 'settjement', 'and', 'executed', 'the', 'same', 'propased', 'Consent', 'Decree', 'that', 'has', 'been', 'presented', 'to', 'this', 'Court,', 'Finally,', 'this', 'Court', 'should', 'note', 'that,', 'because', 'the', 'matter', 'was', 'handled', '"in', 'house”', 'by', 'the', 'Atomey', 'General', 'and', 'staff,', 'no', 'atrarneys', 'sees', 'will', 'be', 'paid', 'ra', 'any', 'outside', 'lawyers', 'for', 'representing', 'the', 'Stare', 'in', 'this', 'matter,', 'For', 'these', 'reasons,', 'the', 'State', 'respecrfitily', 'requests', 'that', 'the', 'Court', 'execute', 'and', 'enter', 'the', '|', 'proposed', 'Consent', 'Decree.', 'Ip', 'so', 'doing,', 'the', 'State', 'also', 'respectfully', 'requests', 'that', 'the', 'Court', ' ', '4', 'Many', 'stares,', 'like', 'Washingron', 'Scare,', 'will', 'receive', 'payments', 'greatly', 'in', 'excess', 'of', 'their', 'high-end', 'damage', 'claims.', 'Washington,', 'for', 'cman', 'sought', '$2.3', 'billion', 'and', 'wil]', 've', 'aver', '$4', 'billion.', 'Brief', 'eer', 'Am', '‘a', 'No.', '96-2+15056-8SEa,', 'nial', '12,', '(By', 'contrast,', 'the', 'senlement', 'will', 'yield', 'the', 'Stace', '$4', 'hiilion,', 'agarly', 'twice', 'as', 'much', '2s', 'the', 'high-end', 'damages', 'number', 'requested', 'by', 'the', 'Sraic', 'in', 'its', 'pening', 'starements."}', ':', '~5-', '8S9ZLLZg']