New survey shows Canadians want Big Tobacco to pay for tobacco reduction efforts
The Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Lung Association and Heart & Stroke are calling for significant tobacco reduction measures to be included in a major lawsuit settlement currently under negotiation with Big Tobacco companies.
- The Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Lung Association and Heart & Stroke are calling for significant tobacco reduction measures to be included in a major lawsuit settlement currently under negotiation with Big Tobacco companies.
- "We are deeply concerned that the negotiations are being held behind closed doors and that tobacco companies are at the table but health organizations are not.
- The defendants are Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc, and JTI-MacDonald Corp, as well as their foreign parents.
- "A settlement must be about forever changing tobacco industry behaviour," says Terry Dean, President and CEO, Canadian Lung Association.