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Saskatchewan awarded $700M in national tobacco settlement | Globalnews.ca

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An Ontario court last week approved a $32.5-billion settlement between JTI-Macdonald Corp. ; Rothmans , Benson & Hedges ; and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. The money will go toward ongoing cancer care and prevention efforts.

Officials say it's the largest deal of its kind in Canadian history and the third largest in the world.

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