3 tobacco giants set to pay out $32.5B to provinces, smokers in proposed deal

Tobacco giants JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges are set to pay smokers and health departments in Canada $32.5 billion in a settlement that would end a year-long legal fight. A Quebec court ruled in 2015 that companies failed to warn consumers of the dangers of smoking.
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