Litigation

The Tobacco Industry’s Challenge to Canada’s Tobacco Act

Please note: This document pre-dates trial-court proceedings in the Tobacco Act case. On Dec. 13th, 2002, Québec Superior Court rejected all elements of the tobacco industry challenge. See J.T.I. MacDonald v. Attorney General of Canada. The stakes are high Tobacco industry products cause more deaths than accidents, suicide, alcohol and AIDS combined. Both the World Health Organization and Health...

Recovering tobacco-caused public expenditures from the tobacco industry: options for provincial governments

RECOVERING TOBACCO-CAUSED PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FROM THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY: Options for Provincial Governments Eric LeGresley, Legal Counsel Smoking and Health Action Foundation March, 1998 RATIONALE FOR COST RECOVERY Cost recovery is about fairness. Government of Canada studies calculate tobacco-caused losses for Canadian society at $15 billion per annum,(1) and combined federal and provincial tobacco taxes at only about $3.5 billion. Quite...