Three big tobacco companies began their appeal today of a $15-billion court decision they lost in June 2015, report Canadian Press. There were two lawsuits launched in 1998 against Imperial Tobacco, JTI-Macdonald and Rothmans-Benson & Hedges.
The complaints were filed on behalf of people who could not quit smoking or had related health problems like emphysema or cancer. Some 43,000 documents were presented in that case.
Province suing too
The companies argued that smokers knew the risks associated with tobacco use and that their product was legal.
The government of the province of Quebec is also suing the tobacco companies to recover some $60-billion it cost the publicly-funded health care system to care for patients with smoking-related illnesses.
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