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CTV News Channel: Eric Gagnon, Imperial Tobacco
CTV Toronto Extended: Attorney General Chris Bentley
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The Ontario provincial government has filed a $50-billion lawsuit against a group of tobacco companies to seek compensation for what it says are past and future costs associated with tobacco uses.
"This represents the health care costs borne by Ontario taxpayers since 1955," the ministry of the attorney general said Tuesday in a news release that explained where the $50 billion figure came from.
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