HARRISON, Ark. Arkansas is the first state to successfully settle a class action lawsuit against tobacco giant Philip Morris; now some smokers could get their hands on some of the $45 million settlement.

Glenda Wills started smoking back in the 1980’s; before the dangers of cigarettes were fully understood.

“When I was 16 you could go to the store, you were never I-D’d,” says Wills.

In her nearly three decades of smoking Wills has seen a lot of changes in the way cigarettes are marketed and sold.

“I’ve seeen it grow tremendously, there’s like ten different Marlboro’s,” says Wills. “I like the Marlborou Black’s 100, special blend; it says its lower in tar, that’s what the advertisements say.”

This isn’t the first time Marlboro has made a cigarette it said was healthier than its originals. Philip Morris’s marketing of Marlboro lights and ultra-lights led to a class action lawsuit against the company in 2003.

“Phillip Morris had marketed Marlboro lights as a safer, healthier and less addictive cigarette; it was an alternative for people to quit smoking and gave them an opportunity to quit because of the lower nicotine and healthier characteristics and all of that was false,” says Thomas Thrash, the attorney who brought the settlement against Philip Morris.

Phillip Morris settled that lawsuit this summer for $45 million; which could mean a payday for smokers who purchased Marlboro lights or ultra-lights in the Natural State.

“The settlement provides for payment of 10 cents per pack from 1971 through 1998 and from 1998 to 2003 it’s 25 cents a pack; and from 2003 to 2010 its 10 cents a pack,” says Thrash.

Which, if you’re still a smoker; could buy you some products which can help you quit.

If you live in Missouri but purchased those types of cigarettes in Arkansas you are still eligible for a settlement. Class members need to file a proof of claim by December 1. To submit a claim form open the link to the right of the page.