Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5B to provinces, smokers in 'historic' proposed deal

Two packages of cigarettes are shown. One, in the foreground, displays a health warning, saying cigarettes cause strokes.

Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to tens of thousands of Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of a corporate restructuring process triggered by a long-running legal battle.