Nassau County celebrated the 25th anniversary of a local law firm’s historic win that killed tobacco advertising , secured billions in healthcare settlements, and funded anti-smoking initiatives that led to a major drop in young users.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman presented the attorneys of Sullivan Papain law firm in Garden City with a citation Wednesday, recognizing their win against big tobacco and the $25 billion state settlement for New York the firm secured in 1998.

“When the United States congress tried to stop tobacco, they couldn’t do it — the lawyers brought them down — and that’s my proudest moment,” attorney Bob Sullivan, who helped secure the settlement, told reporters inside the firm.

Nassau County celebrated the 25th anniversary of Sullivan Papain law firm’s

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