PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D. Square
TI  - Cigarette smuggling finds a home in the West
DP  - 1998 Jan 13
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 95--97
VI  - 158
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/158/1/95.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/158/1/95.full
SO  - CMAJ1998 Jan 13; 158
AB  - Four years ago the tobacco-smuggling situation was so bad that the federal government reduced its tobacco taxes. All provinces in the East save Newfoundland followed suit by lowering provincial taxes as well. The western provinces adamantly refused to do this. Today, cartons of cigarettes that sell for $26 in Ontario cost roughly $45 west of the Ontario border. The result, says David Square, is that tobacco smuggling is now a thriving industry in western Canada.