1998 tobacco settlement Today marks 25 years since the Master Agreement. This agreement made tobacco companies pay states for healthcare costs caused by tobacco, ended Joe Camel and stopped other ads targeting $94 million of tobacco money

The business was split into two separate firms in 1966 (called Aldi Nord and Aldi Sd), after the founders argued over whether to sell cigarettes

The latest annual report from the state's Multi-Agency Illegal Tobacco Task Force (published in February 2024) notes: "Field personnel are routinely encountering or seizing untaxed menthol cigarettes, originally purchased in other states, and flavored ENDS [electronic nicotine delivery systems] products and cigars purchased from unlicensed distributors operating both within and outside the Commonwealth

According to a Smoking may also reduce moisture in your skin, which could cause wrinkles to develop more easily or be more visible

In addition to the health issues raised by smoking, Tobacco Nation faces overlapping challenges: poorer physical and mental health conditions, combined with fewer doctors and less tobacco control