RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cigarette smuggling finds a home in the West
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 95
OP 97
VO 158
IS 1
A1 D. Square
YR 1998
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/158/1/95.abstract
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.