The Alliance for the Control of Tobacco welcomes a hike in the federal tobacco tax announced this week by the Trudeau government.
http://vocm.com/news/act-welcomes-tobacco-tax-hike-in-federal-budget/
Executive Director Kevin Coady says they welcome anything to discourage smoking.
He says the surtax the tobacco manufacturer was paying has been removed, and the consumer tax increased, but it should discourage people from picking up the habit, or force them to cut back.
Statistics Canada earlier this week released numbers showing that this province has the highest rate of tobacco use in the country at 24.4 per cent, and marked increase from the previous survey.