Five Years After Historic Tobacco Ruling, ‘Nothing Has Changed’

Five Years After Historic Tobacco Ruling, ‘Nothing Has Changed’
Jean-Luc Duval holds a picture of his late wife, Monique, in his home in Repentigny, Que., on June 14, 2024. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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In the span of a few short years, Jean-Luc Duval lost two of the most important people in his life to lung cancer.

His wife Monique was diagnosed on her birthday and died on July 3, 2005—the couple’s 40th wedding anniversary. Months of debilitating chemotherapy treatments couldn’t stop the disease, which had quietly spread and taken root in her digestive system.