1.   The subsidiary remains a defendant in an action that seeks to recover billions of dollars spent on treating sick smokers.

2.   Analysts said the money could be used to help pay for settlements made with various states to reimburse them for their medical costs in the treatment of sick smokers.

3.   At the same time, many of those states are suing cigarette makers to recover money spent treating sick smokers or to win damages from alleged fraud on consumers.

4.   At the same time, many of those states are suing cigarette makers to recover money spent treating sick smokers.

5.   After years of consistently winning cases brought by sick smokers, the industry has had a more mixed record recently.

6.   Claiming that the companies improperly induced people to smoke, the state is trying to recover the Medicaid costs of treating sick smokers.

7.   In return for waiving their constitutional protections, the tobacco companies want Congress to protect them from past punitive damages and future class action lawsuits filed by sick smokers.

8.   Last year, attorneys general from around the country sued cigarette makers to reclaim billions of dollars in Medicaid outlays to sick smokers.

9.   Lawyers for the sick smokers have challenged those efforts, saying they are just a recent ploy to avoid a costly judgment.

10.   Liggett released the documents as part of its settlement with states suing the industry to recover tax money spent treating sick smokers.