Cigarette smuggling finds a home in the West

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...

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Main Author: Square, D
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1998
Subjects:
Features
Canada
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1228756
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9475920
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