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Canada appeals court upholds landmark tobacco ruling | The Malaysian Insight

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Canada appeals court upholds landmark tobacco ruling

Imperial Tobacco Canada, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco, Rothmans Benson & Hedges and JTI-MacDonald have one month to launch an eventual appeal before Canada's Supreme Court. – EPA pic, March 2, 2019.

QUEBEC’S appeals court yesterday upheld a historic ruling ordering three tobacco firms to pay C$15.5 billion to smokers in the Canadian province who claimed they were never warned about the health risks associated with smoking. Imperial Tobacco Canada, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco, Rothmans Benson & Hedges and JTI-MacDonald have one month to launch an eventual appeal before Canada’s Supreme Court.

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