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(Updates throughout. Adds comments from representative at RJR Reynolds and Idaho Attorney General. Also adds context and share prices.)
Jump to full article: Dow Jones via IWon, 2006-03-28
Author: Stan Rosenberg and Lavonne Kuykendall OF DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Intro: An arbiter has reaffirmed an earlier decision that could make it easier for large cigarette companies to reduce their annual multibillion-dollar payments to state governments.
The National Association of Attorneys General, or NAAG, said Tuesday in a statement that the arbiter determined that the Master Settlement Agreement between the states and tobacco companies "was a significant factor contributing to the market share loss of the participating manufacturers."
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