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TOBACCO CONSENT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT DECREE [NOTE: This draft covers those portions of a possible global settlement which deal with the Castano addiction/dependency claims, for which the remedies will be court approved smoking cessation programs, cessation research and medical research] THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT is made as of this day of September, 1998 by and among defendants Philip I Morris Incorporated. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Lorillard Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. on its own behalf and as successor to The American Tobacco Company (collectively. the "Settling Defendants") and the Class, as defined in paragraph 1 of this Settlement Agreement. [NOTE: The following recitals could be severed and included with others as part of a global Settlement Agreement.] 1