us alcohol and tobacco tax and trade bureau Leaders From 22 Wholesalers Ask Treasury TTB to Investigate Soft Drink Companies' Conduct in Bev-Alc; Beer Institute Revises Marketing Code Seal Of The United States

Like a similar settlement in 2008 that saw two other tobacco firms pay more than $1-billion in civil and criminal penalties, Tuesday's deal drew the wrath of anti-smoking groups that said the companies got off far too easy

The states are Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and New York

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