In a surprise move the Justice Department has drastically decreased the amount it is asking tobacco companies to pay for anti-smoking programs as part of a deal to settle the largest civil racketeering and conspiracy case in U.S. history. The Washington Post reports the government was expected to seek $130 billion but instead it is asking for just ten billion dollars. William Corr, director of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. said “It feels like a political decision to take into consideration the tobacco companies’ financial interest rather than health interests of forty-five million addicted smokers.”