Canada's boom in smuggled cigarettes

By William Marsden

Gary Godelie has been a tobacco farmer most of his life, struggling to keep alive a family farm that produces what most everyone agrees is a

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"… er with The Gazette in Montreal, Quebec.  …"

"… 000 at the time).It wasn’t long before Godelie began hearing about other tobacco farmers getting hit. The thefts became so widespread that farmers began installin …"

"… of the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers’ Marketing Board and herself a tobacco farmer. “It’s no joke. You will not believe the intimidation that is going on …"

"… don’t control is tobacco farming. The success of Indian cigarettes, says tobacco farmer Godelie, reflects a sea change in market dynamics brought on by high taxes …"