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- 02 June, 2015
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Baku. 2 June. REPORT.AZ/ Court of Canada ordered the major tobacco companies to pay 15.5 billion Canadian dollars (12.4 billion US dollars) to citizens of the country, which stated that the company did not warn them about the dangers of smoking, according to Report referring to RIA Novosti.
Payment of tobacco companies for the moral damage caused to smokers, will be the largest in Canadian history.
Imperial Tobacco, Rothmans Benson & Hedges, and JTI-MacDonald announced their intention to appeal.
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Məhkəmə kanadalı siqaret çəkənlərə 12 milyard ABŞ dolları ödənilməsi barədə qərar çıxarıb
Суд вынудил заплатить курильщикам Канады более 12 млрд. долларов США
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