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Smoking Awareness Passes Anniversary Forty years ago, the U.S. Surgeon General first pronounced a link between cigarette smoking and disease. The New England Journal of Medicine publishes a report on that day's anniversary, titled "Tobacco Control in the Wake of the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement." The article, by Dr. Steven Schroeder, assesses current tobacco policy -- and what states are doing with the $200 billion settlement they won from the tobacco industry. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and Dr. Schroeder.

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Forty years ago, the U.S. Surgeon General first pronounced a link between cigarette smoking and disease. The New England Journal of Medicine publishes a report on that day's anniversary, titled "Tobacco Control in the Wake of the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement." The article, by Dr. Steven Schroeder, assesses current tobacco policy — and what states are doing with the $200 billion settlement they won from the tobacco industry. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and Dr. Schroeder.