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• Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 06:01 UTC

  Canadian tobacco companies ordered to pay 12bn dollars for failing to warn health risks

  

  A Canadian court has ordered three tobacco companies to pay 15.5bn Canadian dollars ($12bn), the largest award for damages in the country's history. The plaintiffs were Quebec smokers who said the firms failed to warn them of health risks associated with smoking.