(Des Moines, IA) — The state of Iowa is getting about 53-million dollars for its annual tobacco settlement payment. That money is part of the 1998 agreement between the 50 states and big tobacco companies. State officials say about 12-million dollars will go into the general fund and the rest will go to pay off bondholders. Iowa sold bonds as a sort of loan against the settlement payments. Attorney General Tom Miller says Iowa has received a total of one-point-four-billion dollars so far. National smoking rates have been cut by almost half as the settlement money was put toward stop smoking programs.
Iowa Gets Check For $53M For Its Annual Tobacco Settlement Payment
By Mandy Billings
Apr 20, 2022 | 3:57 PM
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