Email Your MLA Urging the Saskatchewan Government to Use Tobacco Industry Settlement Funds to Fix The Harm.

In 2025, the federal government reached a landmark agreement with major tobacco companies, requiring them to pay $32.5 billion in compensation for the immense health, social, and economic damage caused by tobacco products. This settlement holds the industry accountable for decades of deceptive marketing and harmful addiction strategies.

As a result, Saskatchewan is set to receive $700 million from the tobacco industry — money meant to fix the harm their products have caused.

Tobacco kills over 1,500 people in our province every year, drains $366 million from our economy annually, and continues to fuel the youth vaping crisis. Canadian data shows that this funding would produce a 20:1 return on investment while reducing the burden on our healthcare system and improving the quality of life of thousands of Saskatchewan residents.

While balancing a budget and paying down debt is important, investing even less than 5% of this settlement could fund a three-year province-wide strategy to support tobacco and nicotine prevention, protection, education, and quitting support.

We have one chance to get this right. Contact your MLA and ask that these funds go towards health. Not potholes.