['To', 'ensure', 'the', 'industry', 'lives', 'up', 'to', 'the', 'agreement,', 'the', 'settlement', 'would', 'be', 'enforceable', 'through', 'consent', 'decrees', 'which', 'will', 'be', 'entered', 'in', 'each', 'state', 'court.', 'In', 'addition,', 'the', 'industry', 'will', 'provide', '$50', 'million', 'for', 'an', 'enforcement', 'fund', 'which', 'states', 'could', 'use', 'to', 'pursue', 'violations', 'of', 'the', 'settlement.', 'The', 'settlement', 'directs', 'tobacco', 'companies', 'to', 'work', 'with', 'elected', 'officials', 'in', 'tobacco', 'growing', 'states', 'to', 'address,', 'within', '30', 'days', 'of', 'a', 'final', 'settlement,', '"concerns', 'about', 'the', 'potential', 'adverse', 'economic', 'impact', 'on', 'tobacco', 'growing', 'communities.”', 'The', 'settlement', 'proposal', 'was', 'negotiated', 'with', 'the', 'industry', 'by', 'Attorneys', 'General', 'Drew', 'Edmondson', 'of', 'Oklahoma,', 'Mike', 'Fisher', 'of', 'Pennsylvania,', 'Christine', 'Gregoire', 'of', 'Washington,', 'Hetdi', 'Heitkamp', 'of', 'North', 'Dakota,', 'Dan', 'Lungren', 'of', 'California,', 'Mike', 'Easley', 'of', 'North', 'Carolina,', 'Gale', 'Norton', 'of', 'Colorado,', 'and', 'Dennis', 'Vacco', 'of', 'New', 'York.', 'The', 'settlement', 'proposal,', 'that', 'was', 'negotiated', 'over', 'the', 'last', 'five', 'months,', 'now', 'will', 'be', 'sent', 'io', 'all', 'ather', 'Attorneys', 'General', 'for', 'their', 'review.', 'Tt', 'will', 'not', 'be', 'final', 'until', 'agreed', 'to', 'by', 'an', 'as-yet', '°', 'unspecified', 'number', 'of', 'states.', 'A', 'decision', 'is', 'expected', 'November', '23.', '-30-', 'For', 'more', 'information,', 'contact:', 'Tract', 'Otey,', 'National', 'Association', 'of', 'Attorneys', 'General', '-', '(202)', '326-6047', 'Gerald', 'Adams,', 'Oklahoma', '-', '(405)', '522', '4422', 'Shelley', 'Barker,', 'North', 'Dakota', '-', '(701)', '328-3626', 'Christine', 'Burtt,', 'Colorado', '-', '(303)', '722-9958', 'Sean', 'Connolly,', 'Pennsylvania', '-', '(717)', '787-5211', 'Chris', 'McKenna,', 'New', 'York', '-', '(518)', '473-5525', 'Fred', 'Olson,', 'Washington', '~', '(360)', '664-9081', '£L0zeezenz']