Jump to full article: CBC News (ca), 2001-05-08
Author: CBC News Online staff
Intro: Tobacco companies are urging the Newfoundland government to alter its proposed legislation to sue them for health costs.
"Take tobacco out. Make this a bill that covers anyone who impacts the health care system"
Newfoundland will become the second province to sue Big Tobacco if it goes ahead with the bill. British Columbia recently re-launched its attack to recoup healthcare costs of treating smoking-related illnesses. . .
Tobacco companies say it's wrong to focus on one industry.
"That's a very dangerous precedent to set at one particular group that happens to be unpopular," said David Landry of the Canadian Tobacco Manufacturing Council.
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