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Victim of Smoking or Passive Smoking
New Brunswick becomes second province to file lawsuit against tobacco industry
Canadian Press, 2008-03-13
Intro:
The New Brunswick government has become the second province to officially file a lawsuit targeting the tobacco industry.
Health Minister Mike Murphy says the provincial government is committed to holding tobacco companies accountable for the suffering caused by tobacco products.
He says the lawsuit is on behalf of people whose health has been harmed by tobacco products, families who have lost loved ones to tobacco-related illness, and taxpayers who have bourne the added costs to the health-care system and medical bills.