10th Anniversary

It was the 10th anniversary of Minnesota's tobacco settlement this week. 

10 years ago Minnesota sued the tobacco industry for the damage they had done to our state. Minnesota won the case and got $469 million dollars. That was the case that curbed a lot of the tobacco industry's advertising tactics (like using cartoons and billboards).

Another aspect of the settlement was that the tobacco industry had to release all of their internal documents - and set-up a place where the public can come and view them. A tobacco document depository is in place in Minneapolis with millions of memos and documents. This is where the quotes we used for the Killer Quotes campaign came from.

You can check-out the depository at www.tobaccoarchives.com. You can get directions, hours, and more.