US EditionAs provinces set to get smoking lawsuit cash, advocates seek more mitigation efforts
- Anti-Smoking advocates are urging provinces to invest money from a tobacco settlement into public health programs.
- An Ontario judge approved a $32.5-billion compensation plan for provinces, territories, and former smokers.
- Les Hagen states that there are about four million smokers in Canada and 46,000 die each year from tobacco-related causes.
- Ontario Superior Court Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz approved $909 million in legal fees for class-action lawyers against tobacco companies.
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As provinces set to get smoking lawsuit cash, advocates seek more mitigation efforts
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