Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
The major tobacco companies
have agreed to make payments to the states to reimburse them for the added
costs of medical care for tobacco users.
For a summary of the agreement click here.
Click and highlight the questions below. Then click Edit – Copy. You can then paste the questions to a blank Word document and answer them on your computer. Then print out the completed assignment.
Name _________________________________ Date _________________
1. What six
tobacco companies are named in this agreement?
2. How many
states are included in the agreement?
3. What
states are not included? Why?
4. What is
the cost of the settlement for the states in question 2?
5. What is
the cost of the settlement for the non-included states in question 3?
6. Over how
many years are the payments being made?
7. If the
amount of money from questions 4 and 5 combined could be used to purchase homes
that cost $200,000 each, how many homes could be provided by this sum of money?
8. In what
ways does it attempt to stop youth access to tobacco?
9. If tobacco
use is reduced because of this agreement, what will be done to assist growers
and communities impacted by this reduction?
10. What two
states would be most impacted?
11.
Write
a conclusion indicating your feelings as to the effectiveness of the agreement
and why it will or will not reduce the use of tobacco.