Feds can’t be dragged into suits against Big Tobacco: SCOC

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OTTAWA (NEWS1130) – The Supreme Court of Canada says the federal government can’t be dragged into lawsuits against Big Tobacco.

Judges have ruled in the federal government’s favour in two cases that sought to force Ottawa to help foot the bills for smokers who get sick. The court has unanimously sided with the federal government in both.

One case involved a class-action suit against Imperial Tobacco by smokers who said they were tricked into thinking so-called mild or light cigarettes were less harmful than regular smokes.

The other concerned a lawsuit by the BC government against tobacco companies to recoup billions of provincial health-care dollars spent on treating smoking-related diseases.

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