Editor’s Note: Policies that use a low income population segment’s economic status as the fulcrum in an attempt to alter behavior, can and do backfire. See, Weaponizing Poverty.
From: The Daily Vaper
Massive Tobacco Taxes Are Pushing ‘Blue-Collar Workers’ To Black Market Cigarettes
Smokers in Canada are increasingly turning to the black market for cigarettes, which public health experts argue is a result of ever rising tobacco taxes in the country.
Researchers commissioned by the Ontario Convenience Store Association recently found that nearly a third of smokers in the province bought their cigarettes illegally in 2017. Roughly 31 percent of the smoking population in Ontario was found to use contraband cigarettes, up from 25 percent only a year ago, reports Vaping Post.
