Ontario tobacco companies prepare for $1.5 billion lawsuit

APTN National News
Rothmans Inc., Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., Benson and Hedges Inc., and JTI-MacDonald Corp., among others, are serving First Nations tobacco companies with a $1.5 billion dollar lawsuit.

They say they are “seeking recovery of the cost of provincial health care expenditures arising from tobacco related disease and/or the risk of tobacco related disease.”

APTN National News reporter Donna Smith talks to store owners in Ontario to get their side of the story.

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