Tobacco companies avoided paying damages for the negative health effects of tobacco for decades; eventually they agreed to pay billions to:

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Tobacco companies eventually agreed to pay billions to state governments as a result of legal settlements reached in the late 1990s and early 2000s. These settlements arose from lawsuits brought by state attorneys general that alleged the companies had engaged in fraudulent and deceptive practices in marketing tobacco products and had withheld information about the negative health effects of smoking. The settlement agreements required the companies to pay a total of $245 billion over 25 years to the participating states, to impose significant marketing restrictions and to provide funding for smoking cessation programs.

Tobacco Companies Avoided Paying Damages for the Negative Health Effects