That's a difference of about 50 percent. Again in the basic investigation, people who had quit smoking more than two years before were no more likely to suffer a stroke than those who had never smoked. But once the passive smoking factor was removed, those people still had nearly double the chance of suffering a stroke. Lifetime nonsmokers and those who had quit smoking more than a decade earlier were 82 percent more likely to have a stroke if they were breathing secondhand smoke. Industry documents have proven that the industry knew their products would addict and kill.
Most settlements require the defendants to cease and desist their actions.
But here, the settlement money only flows if the tobacco companies are permitted to continue to market an addictive and lethal drug. It follows that the only way these death merchants can stay in business is by marketing to children and teenagers. By becoming dependent upon tobacco money, this state has joined a partnership with the merchants of death. So you will have to take bold steps to show you are serious. If you are quite serious in eliminating child and teen tobacco use, there is one single step you can take that is the most important one, the cheapest one, and the most effective one of all.