From: Toronto Sun
By
Christina Blizzard, QMI Agency
TORONTO – Finance Minister Charles Sousa declared in his recent fall economic update that his government would help close a $500-million shortfall in revenue by cracking down on contraband tobacco.
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This is the government that banned flavoured cigarillos in 2011 and recently announced it’s banning menthol cigarettes.
So peppermint flavoured cigarettes are a no-no — but smoke shacks selling cheap cigarettes in bundles don’t get busted.
Convenience stores jump through hoops to ensure they don’t sell cigarettes to minors.
Yet smoke shacks target school kids — and get away with it.
