From: The Telegram
Account for 10 per cent of those smoked, say stores
Contraband cigarettes account for about 10 per cent of all smokes, says an Atlantic Canadian association of convenience stores.
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It averages out to an estimate of about one-tenth of cigarettes smoked in Newfoundland being sold illegally, said Hammoud. Similar research in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick showed higher rates of contraband cigarettes, he said — in the low 20s — chalking it up to those provinces’ closer proximity to Ontario and Quebec, which are doing a good job of cracking down within the provinces, but sending illegal cigarettes over provincial borders.
