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Jump to full article: CBC News (ca), 2004-11-05
Intro: A Quebec court began hearings Thursday to decide if it will allow two class-action lawsuits that could wring billions of dollars in damages from Canada's top three tobacco companies.
Jean-Yves Blais and the Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health launched a lawsuit in 1998 against Imperial Tobacco, RJR-MacDonald and Rothmans, and Benson & Hedges.
They're seeking $100,000 in damages each for up to 45,000 Quebec smokers who have suffered from smoking-related illnesses such as emphysema and cancer of the lung, throat and larynx.
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