- 15 Years Later, Where Did All The Cigarette Money Go? | 'Fifteen years after tobacco companies agreed to pay billions of dollars in fines in what is still the largest civil litigation settlement in U.S. history, it's unclear how state governments are using much of that money.' http://www.npr.org/2013/10/13/233449505/15-years-later-where-did-all-the-cigarette-money-go 45 comments politics