The companies -- JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. -- were granted protection from their creditors last month after they lost an appeal in Quebec.
The Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health led two class actions against the companies and won in 2015, with the court ordering the companies to pay more than $15 billion to smokers who either fell ill or were addicted. They say they will also ask the court to prevent the companies from transferring their profits abroad.
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