From: The Province
MARK BONOKOSKI
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Now, just for perspective, it is illegal in Canada to sell Native-made cigarettes to non-Natives, and illegal for anyone — aboriginal or not — to be in possession of these cigarettes off-reserve.
Yet, the consumption of contraband cigarettes has been on a constant rise, representing a cash cow for organized crime as governments keep piling more taxes on the legally-manufactured products of Big Tobacco.
