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Missouri AG decries tobacco settlement spending 

On Tuesday, Missouri received a $146 million payment as a part of the agreement. In all, the Show Me State has received $1.4 billion from the Master Settlement Agreement over the last decade, according to the attorney general's office.

Nixon, a Democrat, said in a statement that his state has little to show for the money that has flowed from tobacco companies into state coffers.

Money from the Master Settlement Agreement, he said, has not resulted in "substantial resources into programs to keep Missourians, especially young people, from taking up the smoking habit or to help them kick the habit once they're hooked."

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