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JTI-Macdonald Corp. , Rothmans , Benson & Hedges , and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. would pay nearly $25 billion to provincial and territorial governments.
More than $4 billion would go to Quebec class-action members and another $2.5 billion would be paid to smokers in other provinces and territories who were diagnosed with lung cancer, throat cancer or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease between March 2015 and March 2019 .
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