Canada
As of 2009, illegal cigarettes are believed to be a $1.5 billion industry in Canada. In Canada, between 63 and 79 per cent of the price of a package of cigarettes is tax. In New York, by comparison, the tax on cigarettes is 38 per cent. This large of a difference has inevitably led to many border-goers taking advantage of the situation, not only in Canada but also in the U.S., the land that has traditionally imported rather than exported illegal goods.
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Famous quotes containing the word canada:
“This universal exhibition in Canada of the tools and sinews of war reminded me of the keeper of a menagerie showing his animals’ claws. It was the English leopard showing his claws.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Robertson Davies (b. 1913)