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Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5B to provinces, smokers in ‘historic’ proposed deal | CBC News

Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5B to provinces, smokers in ‘historic’ proposed deal | CBC News

Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to tens of thousands of Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of a corporate restructuring process triggered by a long-running legal battle.

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