OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma has received a $78 payment million from the tobacco industry as part of a 1999 settlement of a lawsuit against tobacco companies.

State Treasurer Ken Miller said Friday that 75 percent of the payment, or $58.5 million, went to the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund for investment. The rest is split between the Legislature for health care-related appropriations and the attorney general, who enforces the settlement.

The fund was created in 2000 when voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing only earnings from the fund to be spent to improve the health...