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Tobacco firms to pay billions in damages in Canada
Source: BBC
A Canadian court has ordered three tobacco companies to pay C$15.5bn (£8bn; $12bn) - the largest award for damages in the country's history.
Imperial Tobacco Canada, Rothmans Benson & Hedges and JTI-MacDonald vowed to appeal against the decision.
The class-action lawsuits were filed in 1998, but only recently went to trial in the courts.
US courts often order tobacco companies to pay large awards but, upon appeal, the headline figure is often reduced substantially - a $28 bn against Philip Morris was reduced to $28 million on appeal in 2011.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32969338
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