http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/lawsuit/ag:_al.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.al.com/news/mobile/Dec1998/1-a201777a.html http://tobacco.org/news/12091.html Last month's national tobacco settlement ultimately promises to pump $85 million a year into programs for Alabama children ranging from alternative schools to kiddie-porn investigations. But in Mobile and Baldwin counties, officials aren't yet sure what to expect or when they might see the money. Mobile Press-Register Tue, 01 Dec 1998 05:00:00 GMT http://flash.al.com/cgi-bin/al_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-Parsed/FINANCIAL/n2644_PM_LA--LouisianaSpotligh http://tobacco.org/news/11713.html Provided all goes as planned, Louisiana will come into $4.4 billion over the next 25 years . . . The cash to the state is just that: unrestricted money that will be deposited into the general fund, where the cash can be appropriated for anything -- wisely or not. Attorney General Richard Ieyoub, the chief legal officer in a state where high rates of smoking and cancer run hand-in-hand, said last week that it's important that the money be earmarked for medical research, education and other areas to fight tobacco-related illnesses. Ieyoub was the first to admit that there's no guarantee what will happen with the money once the Legislature gets its hands on it. AP Mon, 23 Nov 1998 05:00:00 GMT