21.   The state lawsuits were filed to seek reimbursement of Medicaid money spent treating smoking-related illnesses.

22.   The states want to recoup the money they spend to treat smokers who wind up on Medicaid.

23.   The suit seeks reimbursement for Medicaid funds spent to treat smoking-related illnesses.

24.   The state is seeking to recover billions of dollars in Medicaid costs spent treating smoking-related illnesses.

25.   The suit, filed by Attorney General Grant Woods, is designed to recover money the state has spent to treat indigent patients with tobacco-related illnesses.

26.   The tobacco companies want an accounting of offsets, which means estimating what the states would have spent treating smokers, had they lived longer.

27.   They sued the tobacco companies on behalf of the state to recover Medicaid money spent to treat tobacco-caused illness.

28.   Wigand has been aiding U.S. Justice Department inquiries as well as lawsuits by states seeking to recover billions of dollars in Medicaid money spent treating smokers.

29.   The way Attorney General Janet Reno explained it, the government has a duty to sue cigarette makers to recover billions of dollars taxpayers have spent treating sick smokers.

30.   But she does know how much she spent to treat him before running out of money.