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Settlement money likely to go fast 

At first glance, $40 million a year from Big Tobacco might seem like quite a windfall for the commonwealth.

But the two groups that stand to benefit from the money -- public health groups and tobacco growers -- have plenty of ideas on how to spend Kentucky's proceeds from the national tobacco settlement. And the total cost of those ideas probably adds up to more than what's available.

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