Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health has resolved to proceed with processing the widely-debated Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill. In a meeting last week ...

Smokeless tobacco, sometimes called chewing tobacco or dip tobacco, poses significant health risks including addiction. It is not a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes. While smoking tobacco is ...

Lise Blais, widow of plaintiff Jean-Yves Blais, wipes her eye as her son, Martin, looks on during a news conference, in Montreal, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Tobacco companies have offered to pay nearly ...

A plan for Canada's three biggest tobacco companies to pay out $32.5 billion to provinces, territories and smokers is now in the works, but some hurdles remain before any money starts flowing.

Three tobacco companies proposed on Thursday to pay $32.5 billion to settle legal claims in Canada, stemming from decades of disputes. The proposal remains subject to further negotiation and court ...

Cigarette makers Philip Morris, British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco will pay C$32.5 billion ($23.6 billion) to settle a long-running tobacco lawsuit in Canada, as part of a court-appointed ...

Proposal calls for compensation for smokers as well as governments Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to tens of ...

Three tobacco giants face the prospect of paying 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 ...

American teen tobacco use has fallen to a 25-year-low, according to new data analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that was ...

If you or someone you know has experienced the harmful effects of smoking, you could claim a part of a “historic” settlement proposed by Canada’s tobacco giants in the near future. On Thursday, the ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. OTTAWA — Tobacco companies are set to pay out $32.5 billion to settle class-action lawsuits with provinces and individual smokers after decades of litigation ...