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Surveying the Damage

On Oct. 25th, a coalition of health groups released a report on the effects of the 1994 tobacco tax rollback, which saw cigarette prices cut in half in much of the country. The four groups (Canadian Cancer Society, Non-Smokers' Rights Association, Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada and the Québec Coalition for Tobacco Control) held simultaneous press conferences in Ottawa and Montreal to press demands for a $10 per carton tax increase in the five low-tax provinces (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI). 

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According to the latest results from the Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS), for data collected between February and December 2005, slightly fewer than 5 million people, representing 19% of the population aged 15 years and older, were current smokers, of which 15% reported smoking daily. Approximately 22% of men were current smokers, higher than the proportion of women (16%).
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