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PRESS REVIEW

November 13, 2010. The Observer, Sarnia. Taking aim at illegal smokes.

November 11, 2010. The Chatam Daily News, Chatam. Contra Contraband.

November 11, 2010. The Windsor Star, Windsor. Illegal smokes blamed for store closures.

November 10, 2010. The St-Thomas Times Journal, St-Thomas. Caravan delivers message.

November 9, 2010. The Sentinel Review, Woodstock. Group condemns contraband tobacco.

November 6, 2010. The Beacon Herald, Stratford. Illegal smokes hurting store sales.

November 5, 2010. The Expositor, Brantford. Stores fume over illegal cigarettes.

November 5, 2010. The Guelph Mercury, Guelph. Retailers fight “contraband” tobacco.

November 5, 2010. The Waterloo Region Record, Waterloo. Stores getting smoked, group says.

November 4, 2010. The Niagara Falls Review, Niagara Falls. Stores want smoke shacks stomped out.

November 3, 2010. Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton. Unholy smokes a big problem.

June 9, 2010. Brantnews.com. Brant.  Contraband smokes a concern.

June 9, 2010. The Tribune, Welland. Black market smokes must be brought to heel.

June 9, 2010. The Expositor, Brantford. Illegal smokes costly to retailers.

June 9, 2010. Whig Standard, Ottawa.  Feds should crack down on sale of illegal cigarettes

June 8, 2010. The Niagara Falls Review, Niagara Falls. Illegal smokes, a growing concern for stores

June 8, 2010. The Standard, St-Catharines. Smuggled smokes burning variety stores.

June 7, 2010. The Standard, St-Catharines. Unholy smokes! Contraband cigarettes killing local stores

June 5, 2010. The London Free Press, London. Government should crack down on illegal cigarettes

June 4, 2010. The London Free Press, London. Illegal smokes costly : retailers.

June 3, 2010.  The Chatham Daily News, Chatham. Crusade against contraband tobacco stops in C-K . see pdf.

June 2, 2010. The Windsor Star, Windsor. Stores urge crackdown on illegal smokes. see pdf.

June 1, 2010. The Guelph Mercury, Guelph. Contraband cigarettes flood into Guelph. see pdf.,

June 1, 2010. The Guelph Mercury, Guelph. Illegal smokes must be stopped. see pdf.

May 31, 2010. CTV News, Toronto. Youth smoking rates may be inching up, survey finds

May 31, 2010. 570 news.ca. Contraband study.

May 31, 2010. The First perspective. C-stores Owners Welcome Ottawa's New Measures Against Contraband Tobacco

May 30, 2010. Allvoices.com. Contraband Smokes ( and mirrors) in Canada

May 29, 2010. Top News, New-Zealand. Initiatives to Counter Contraband Smokes

May 29, 2010. Northumberland News, Haliburton. Compromise is key to battling contraband tobacco sales

May 29, 2010. Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa. Tories to crack down on contraband cigarettes

May 28, 2010. 680 News. Federal government steps up fight against illegal cigarettes

May 28, 2010. CTV Calgary. Gov't plans to fight contraband tobacco trade

May 28, 2010. Cornwall Free News, Cornwall. Canada Ponies Up $7M for Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit – Contraband Tobacco Team

May 28, 2010. CBC News. Feds move against contraband tobacco

May 28, 2010. The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver. Conservatives attempt to crack down on contraband smokes

May 28, 2010. The National Post, Toronto. Smoke ‘em if you can steal ‘em

May 27, 2010. yorkregion.com, New Market. Unlikely fighters

May 26, 2010. The Globe & Mail, Ottawa. Watchdog faults Ottawa’s handling of illegal cigarettes

May 26, 2010. canoe.ca. Ottawa. Tabac Un « D » pour le fédéral

May 26, 2010. The Oshawa Express, Oshawa. Kybosh contraband

May 26, 2010. Durhamregion.com. Campaign against contraband smokes makes Durham stop

May 26, 2010. The Globe & Mail, Ottawa. Group says Ottawa isn’t doing enough to halt illegal cigarette trade

May 26, 2010. The Star, Ottawa. Tories not combating illegal tobacco trade: report

May 26, 2010. Durhamregion.com, Oshawa. Compromise key to battling contraband tobacco sales

May 22, 2010. Canadanews24.com, Ottawa. Korean Convenience Stores Launch Campaign Against Contraband Cigarettes

May 21, 2010. Mykawartha.com. .10 ways to fight contraband tobacco

May 21, 2010. Brockville Recorder & Times, Brockville. Contraband a symptom, but smoking is the disease

May 20, 2010. The National Post, Don Mills. Civil servants love illegal smokes too

May 20, 2010. Seaway News, Cornwall.  A Challenge to Reduce Smuggling

May 20, 2010. The Intelligencer, Belleville. CONTRABAND CIGARETTES: Group accused of racist ads

May 20, 2010. The Peterborough Examiner. Smokers 'beat the tax man' with contraband
tobacco

May 20, 1010. Brockville Recorder & Times.  Merchants get burned.

May 20, 2010. The Kingston Whig Standard. An inconvenience.

May 19, 2010. The Toronto Star. Why corner stores are fighting illegal tobacco

May 19, 2010. CSPnet.com, Ottawa. Cigarette Butt Study Reveals Spread of Contraband Tobacco

May 19, 2010. The Ottawa Citizen. Tobacco, cigarettes seized in Cornwall-area busts

May 19, 2010. The Kingston Whig Standard. Senator lights into illegal smokes

May 19, 2010. The Record, Waterloo. Clear the smoke from cigarette sales

May 19, 2010. Standard Freeholder, Cornwall. Convenience Store Owners demand action.

May 18, 2010. The Toronto Star. Government employees big buyers of illegal cigarettes

May 18, 2010. Le Droit, Ottawa. Les cigarettes de contrebande font un tabac.

May 18, The Windsor Star. Retailers decry bogus smokes

May 18, 2010. The Ottawa Sun.  Snuff out illegal smokes.

May 18, 2010.  The Vancouver Sun. Illegal tobacco market growing

May 18, 2010.  The Ottawa Citizen. Widespread illicit tobacco use 'shocking'.  See pdf.

May 18, 2010. The Toronto Sun. HST may push smokers to buy contraband butts

Same article in :

The Ottawa Sun - Tue May 18 2010
The Sault Star - Tue May 18 2010
The Owen Sound Sun Times - Tue May 18 2010
The London Free Press - Tue May 18 2010
Simcoe Reformer - Tue May 18 2010 
Toronto 24 Hours - Tue May 18 2010

May 18, 2010. yorkregion.com. HST could lead to crime increase: MPP

May 18, 2010, CBC News, Ottawa. Stores urge action on contraband smokes

May 18, 2010. The Vancouver Sun. Convenience stores want feds to tackle smuggled cigarettes

May 18, 2010. CTV, Toronto. Gov't officials smoking illegal butts, study suggests

May 18, 2010. Nacsonline. OCSA: Increasing Ontario Tobacco Taxes Will Boost Contraband Sales

May 17, 2010.  The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton. Government workers lighting up illegal smokes: study

May 17, 2010. Toronto Star. Government employees big buyers of illegal cigarettes

May 17, 2010. The Ottawa Sun. Store owners want end to contraband cigarette sales

May 17, 2010. The Vancouver Sun. Convenience stores want governments to butt out contraband cigarettes

May 17, 2010. The Ottawa Citizen. Contraband smokes comprise 20 per cent of butts found outside Supreme Court: study

May 10, 2010. Radio-Canada, Ottawa. Craintes de la contrebande

ATLANTIC PROVINCES

June 5, 2010. VOCMNews, St-John, NFLD. RCMP Investigating Illegal Cigarettes

June 4, 2010. VOCM News, St-John, NFLD. Contraband Smokes Common at Confederation Building: Study
 

June 4, 2010. The Telegram, St-John, Newfoundland. Contraband cigarettes found at Confederation Building.

June 3, 2010. The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC. Contraband cigarettes rampant at N.L. legislature: Study

June 3, 2010. VOCMNews, St-John, NFLD. Contraband Nearly 50% at Confederation Building

June 3, 2010. The Chronicle Herald, NS. Stores getting burned by illegal smokes.

June 2, 2010. The Truro Daily News, Truro, NS. Stores on a mission to fight contraband tobacco. see pdf.

June 2, 2010. Times & Transcript, New Brunswick. Parents urged to butt out

May 31, 2010. The Cape Breton Post, Cape Breton. Picture smoky on tobacco front

May 29, 2010. Times & Transcript, New Brunswick. Contraband cigarettes still finding their way into the mouths of province's youth, say RCMP

May 28, 2010. Metronews.ca, Halifax. Group takes action on illegal smokes

May 28, 2010. The Chronicle Herald, Halifax. Illegal smokes aplenty.  See pdf.

May 26, 2010. Topnews.us, USA. Legal Cigarettes Not Earning Money for Shops

May 26, 2010. The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton. Stores say illegal cigarettes hurting their bottom lines

May 26, 2010.  The Telegraph Journal, St-John, NB. Stores launching campaign against contraband tobacco

May 26, 2010. Times&Transcript, Moncton. Metro teens buy illegal cigarettes

May 25, 2010. CBC, Moncton. Convenience stores target sales of illegal smokes

May 25, 2010. Radio-Canada, Atlantique. Les dépanneurs dénoncent la contrebande

QUEBEC

May 31, 2010. Courrier Frontenac, Thetford Mines. Tabac de contrebande : L’ACDA demande la collaboration des députés

May 30, 2010. Le Progrès, Saguenay. Bouchard supporte la lutte des dépanneurs

May 29, 2010. Hebdo Rive-Nord, Repentigny. Problème de tabagisme : la contrebande
Les dépanneurs et le lobby anti-tabac s’opposent dans leur lutte contre ce problème

May 28, 2010. Hebdo Rive-Nord, Repentigny. Un problème bel et bien présent

May 28, 2010. Cyberpresse, Montréal. Ottawa va s'attaquer à la contrebande du tabac

May 28, 2010. Radio-Canada.ca. Ottawa veut agir

May 28, 2010. CFIN-FM, Lévis. Tabac de contrebande: Steven Blaney sensible à ce fléau

May 28, 2010. Ici Lévis, Lévis. Vaincre la contrebande de tabac

May 27, 2010. La Voix du Sud, Bellechasse-Etchemins.   Contrebande de tabac: les députés pressés d'agir

May 27, 2010. Journal L’Action, Joliette. Les dépanneurs victimes de la contrebande. see pdf.

May 26, 2010. Journal Métro, Montréal. Ottawa critiqué pour ses efforts contre les cigarettes de contrebande

May 26, 2010. Journal L’Action, Joliette. L'Association des dépanneurs n'appuie pas, mais comprend ses membres

May 25, 2010. Canoe.ca, Rouyn-Noranda. Les députés sommés de s’attaquer à la contrebande

May 22, 2010. Radio-Canada, Montréal. Vente à l'unité illégale, mais encore pratiquée

May 20, 2010. L’Éclaireur progrès, St-Georges. Les dépanneurs veulent que les députés luttent contre la contrebande de tabac

May 20, 2010. Journal Le Peuple, Lévis. Contrebande de cigarettes, c'est assez!

May 20, 2010. Journal de Québec. Mégots suspects.

May 20, 2010.  24 heures Montreal. L'ACDA veut réduire la contrebande de tabac à 10 %

May 19,2010.  Progrès Écho, Le Rimouskois, Rimouski. À Rimouski, 14 % des cigarettes vendues seraient illégales

May 18, 2010.  The Montreal Gazette. Retailers want war on cheap smokes. see pdf.

May 18, 2010.  La Presse, Montréal. Les dépanneurs lancent une campagne contre le tabac de contrebande. See pdf.

May 17, 2010. canoe.ca, Saguenay. Des proprios de dépanneurs en tournée provinciale

May 17, 2010. Le Droit, Ottawa.  Les cigarettes de contrebande font un tabac.

May 17, 2010. Lbr.ca, Saguenay. Les dépanneurs proposent l’adoption d’une cible draconienne : réduction à 10 % en 2010

May 14, 2010.  Journal de Montréal. Gilles Proulx, Le Cynisme.

May 13, 2010.  La Tribune, Sherbrooke. Contrebande et contrefaçon.

May 13, 2010. L’Hebdo du Saint-Maurice, Trois-Rivières. La contrebande passée à tabac

May 13, 2010. Montréal Express, Montréal. Les dépanneurs chinois contre la contrebande de cigarette

May 13,  2010.  La Voix de l’Est, Granby. Bonnardel s'engage à réduire la contrebande de cigarettes

May 12, 2010. Le Courrier sud, Estrie. La contrebande passée à tabac

May 12, 2010. La Tribune, Sherbrooke.  Moins de mégots illégaux autour des écoles.

May 12, 2010. La Tribune, Sherbrooke.  Des cigarettes chinoises à Sherbrooke

May 12, 2010.  Le Nouvelliste, Trois-Rivières. La contribution des députés demandée.
 
May 11, 2010.  L’Hebdo Journal, Québec.  Les adolescents fument plus...
 
May 11, 2010.  Le Soleil, Québec.  Mégots illégaux près du ministère du Revenu.
 
May 11, 2010.  Le Journal de Québec, Québec.  Flagrant délit au Revenu.
 
May 10, 2010.  Québec-Hebdo, Québec.  Diminution souhaitée de 10 % en 2010 de la contrebande du tabac
 
May 10, 2010.   Métro-Montréal, Montréal.  Contrebande: les dépanneurs haussent le ton

May 10, 2010.  Electronic media press review

May 10, 2010. Le Soleil, Québec. Mégots illégaux près du ministère du Revenu.

May 8, 2010.  Lesaffaires.com.  Contrebande: des propriétaires de dépanneurs dénoncent l'inaction
 
May 8, 2010. Le Quotidien, Chicoutimi.  Contre la Burqa du tabac.
  
May 8, 2010. Radio-Canada, Chicoutimi. Les dépanneurs en colère : Coup d’éclat au Saguenay.
  
May 7, 2010. Canoe.ca. Contrebande du tabac: des dépanneurs se révoltent
  
May 7, 2010. Radio-Canada.ca. Vente de produits du tabac : Appel à la désobéissance
  
May 7, 2010. CNW. Des dépanneurs au bout du rouleau dénoncent l'hypocrisie du gouvernement fédéral en matière de contrebande de tabac