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Jump to full article: The Business Journal of Kansas City, 2008-04-16
Intro: Missouri received an additional $146 million from tobacco companies on Tuesday as the state's payment from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement.
The MSA was a deal struck between leading tobacco companies and state attorneys general who had been suing the companies for years trying to recover government costs associated with people who became ill from smoking or tobacco-related illnesses.
With Tuesday's payment to Missouri's coffers, the Show Me State has received nearly $1.4 billion in the past 10 years.
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