Big Tobacco Cos. Challenge $6.5B Payout Deal With States

By Erin Fuchs · April 16, 2012, 5:22 PM EDT

Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Lorillard Tobacco Co. have paid roughly $6.5 billion this year under a master settlement resolving 46 states' health claims, but the companies...

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