From: 98.1 TheTide FM
A quarter of cigarettes in New Brunswick are illegally sourced according to the Atlantic Convenience Stores Association.
President Mike Hammoud says the most alarming trend is the average of 26% of illegal cigarettes showing up at the 11 high school sites they tested.
***
“We’re doing what we feel to be a fantastic job of keeping this product out of the hands of youth, but the unfortunate thing is that this contraband tobacco is putting it back in their hands,” says Hammoud.
