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Health Care Cost Recovery Actions
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Number of brand name sponsorships allowed \| sponsorship	1
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Annual payment requirement		$ 9,000,000,000
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Number of states with settled litigation \| state		45
Liggett \| Health Care Cost Recovery Actions
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated litigation liability	$ 0
Percentage of cigarettes sales exceeds market share exemption	1.65%
Vector Tobacco \| Health Care Cost Recovery Actions
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated litigation liability	$ 0
Percentage of cigarettes sales exceeds market share exemption	0.28%
Product Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales Revenue \| Liggett and Vector Tobacco
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	3.30%

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