71.   Sixteen states use tobacco settlement money for biotech research and development.

72.   Some advocates say tobacco settlement money should be redirected to child care.

73.   Some legislators say the tobacco money should be spent only on health programs, while Gov. Gray Davis wants the money to go for general state spending.

74.   Some advocates feared that Pataki would never support using tobacco money for the uninsured, given all the competing interests.

75.   Specter said some states have been proposing to use the tobacco money for such purposes as highways, mental health programs, debt reduction and to increase teacher pay.

76.   The administration opposes the provision, which would prevent the federal government from claiming a share of the tobacco money to cover Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement costs.

77.   That is a risky gambit filled with potential problems, not least the question of how to pay for the new programs once the tobacco suit money runs out.

78.   The administration also sought to place restrictions on how states could spend their tobacco money.

79.   The anti-smoking lobby has found a way to hook the federal government on tobacco money.

80.   The Civic Counsel of Greater Kansas City also suggested using tobacco money to boost scientific research.