03-02-2019, 12:23 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47409916
A Canadian court has upheld the bulk of a decision that ordered three tobacco companies to pay billions in damages.
The judgment involves class action suits that were consolidated against Imperial Tobacco Canada, Rothmans Benson & Hedges and JTI-MacDonald.
The companies had appealed a 2015 ruling in favour that ordered them to pay over C$15bn (£8.5bn; $11bn).
The plaintiffs were Quebec smokers who said the firms failed to warn them of health risks associated with smoking.
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges said on Friday it will seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
I don't like the tobacco industry at all, and I would never use their products - but, is this really fair ?
Here in the UK, the cigarette packets all have very prominent "Smoking kills" messages on the front. If they have anything remotely similar in Canada (and I can't see why they wouldn't), then I think they've done as much as can reasonably be expected to warn customers of the health risks.
A Canadian court has upheld the bulk of a decision that ordered three tobacco companies to pay billions in damages.
The judgment involves class action suits that were consolidated against Imperial Tobacco Canada, Rothmans Benson & Hedges and JTI-MacDonald.
The companies had appealed a 2015 ruling in favour that ordered them to pay over C$15bn (£8.5bn; $11bn).
The plaintiffs were Quebec smokers who said the firms failed to warn them of health risks associated with smoking.
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges said on Friday it will seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
I don't like the tobacco industry at all, and I would never use their products - but, is this really fair ?
Here in the UK, the cigarette packets all have very prominent "Smoking kills" messages on the front. If they have anything remotely similar in Canada (and I can't see why they wouldn't), then I think they've done as much as can reasonably be expected to warn customers of the health risks.
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