1.   Among other things, the task force is looking at the impact of the tobacco settlement on parts of the U.S. economy.

2.   Among them are the portions of the tobacco suit settlement going to anti-smoking programs and keeping smoking from being banned in bars and restaurants.

3.   And by the time the tobacco settlement unfolded last year, Clinton was positioning himself as the leading antismoking president.

4.   And it took Kennedy above all to help him get past the details of the tobacco settlement to raise his sights and fix them on price.

5.   And like the tobacco settlement, a general settlement with the firearms industry would not necessarily preclude smaller settlements involving particular companies and cities, they said.

6.   As a defensive tactic, the foundation sued first, asking a judge to declare it exempt from enforcement under the tobacco settlement.

7.   At least a portion of a tobacco settlement will go to pay high-profile private attorneys hired by Morales to help the state fight its case.

8.   Because of the tobacco settlement, thousands of Texas children will get health care their parents never could have afforded.

9.   Beyond that peak, though, any pop in sales from a tobacco settlement is likely to be short-lived because of the nature of nicotine addiction, analysts said.

10.   Both are problematical, especially now that tobacco companies have rejected the tobacco settlement emerging in the Senate.