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September 7, 2004
Ontario cabinet split on suing tobacco firm for back taxes
A split among cabinet ministers has left the Ontario government dithering over whether to launch legal action to seek at least $400-million in unpaid taxes from a major tobacco company.
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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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