加拿大煙草公司被判賠償菸民750億!

Tobacco giants charged

菸草商遭遇鉅額罰單

Quebec court of Canada has awarded C$15b to smokers in a battle against three Canadian tobacco giants.

加拿大魁北克法院近日支持菸民的訴訟請求，判決加拿大三大煙草公司賠償菸民150億加元(約合750億元人民幣)。

The class-action suit involved over one million plaintiffs of two groups, some of whom became seriously ill from smoking, and others couldn't quit.

提起集體訴訟的100多萬原告分爲兩類菸民，一類因吸菸患上重病，另一類則是無法戒菸的菸民。

They argued that the companies were liable because they knew they were producing a harmful product and hid its health effects.

原告稱，菸草公司生產有害產品，同時還隱瞞這種產品的健康隱患，須對此負責。

JTI-Macdonald and Imperial Tobacco said they'll appeal the decision, arguing that people knew about the risks of smoking and that the products were sold with federal government approval.

JTI-麥克唐納菸草和帝國菸草表示將就該判決提出上訴，兩公司稱，人們知曉吸菸的危害，而且香菸售賣已獲聯邦政府批准。