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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I find the notion that this will create a cigarette black market completely hilarious. But to the point, this is the wrong direction. They should legalise all drugs.
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Even with cigarettes being legal, there is still a black market for cheap untaxed cigarettes.
I think a law like this would be difficult to implement in Canada. We have a pretty porous border with the U.S. and it would absolutely never fly there. Tobacco is still a fundamental part of their economy, not to mention the backlash it would have on the right wing libertarian crowd. It would be seen as an attack on the south.
Tobacco use is also considered part of the culture for some Indigenous Peoples in Canada, so there would be an easy conduit for cigarettes to make their way into Canada that way.
New Zealand benefits a lot from being islands with no land borders.