Tobacco smuggling is now worth $2.5 billion a year in lost tax revenue, the highest estimate to date, says one of Canada’s largest cigarette makers. Imperial Tobacco Canada in a submission to senators said smuggled cigarettes are worth nearly 40 percent of the market in some provinces: ‘Organized crime groups use it as a cash cow.’
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