Contraband tobacco taking over up to half of B.C. market, retailers and industry fear | CBC News

Concern over lost tax revenue, impact on health care, as B.C. considered one of worst provinces for contraband.

It is not surprising that contraband sales are taking place. Tobacco is the news evil substance, and even alcohol is not as bad at all. Don't raise price to discourage smoking. Leave some choice to people. Pollution most likely causes more deaths but what is done about that?

Well, what do you expect when a carton of cigarettes is $175. That's just insane.

i think ill get my bud from the natives next month

Make them cheaper ( the government needs to reduce the tax), and this will go away

Long love the underground economy.

It's almost time to cut the taxes on them again. Totally to hurt the black market, and not to please lobbyists and get another generation hooked so they can turn the screws for another 30 years.

Then they should tax the shit out of McHeartAttacks for lost revenue.

and the tobacco comes from the tobacco companies just no tax who would have guessed

Hopefully it can achieve 💯👍 all for it👍

Should jack up the price 4000% and make it more profitable for the unregulated market. You seem to believe it works every other time prohibition been a failure.🤡

When the going rate is $15-20/ pack when just south in the USA it’s like $7 what do they expect?

Just keep raising those prices. Everything overpriced will promote the illegal element.

Well what do you expect when the Govt taxes the hell out of everything. No sympathy for the govt.

Bullshit Every smoker I know smokes the Indian tree bark shit.

And?

Point Lepreau Nuclear Power plant in N.B. had a major leak of thousands of gallons of radioactive water from a broken mountain valve or something, they are downplaying it but it is a serious issue.

Think we’ll see even more black market hand guns now that the government has banned the sale of them CBC?

Perhaps they have taxed them beyond what 30-50% of people can afford. They try to stop people from smoking by making it unaffordable. However that only creates an opportunity for others.

Nah, everyone quit

When something is over-priced, people who want or need it will search out alternate sources!

Do you KNOW how much gambling is done on facebook?!?

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