The Tobacco Master Settlement: That Time We Got Em
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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