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Daring to dream: reactions to tobacco endgame ideas among policy-makers, media and public health practitioners

"Building on these changes, the government is proposing to extend that approach to contraband cigars and other tobacco products (e.g., pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco), while also strengthening fines for other offences under the Tobacco Tax Act (TTA)." The province says it will be "renewing and strengthening the Ministry of Finance's partnership with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) for the Contraband Tobacco Enforcement Team (CTET)," calling the move "an important lever in tackling the links between contraband tobacco and organized crime." "The government is continuing to invest in CTET, further integrate the ministry's investigations team and OPP resources, and focus on the intersection points between contraband tobacco and other illegal commodities." Times are especially tough in Ontario, and with some smokers now forking over upwards of $20 for a pack of darts (the majority being taxes to soften the cost burden smokers place on public healthcare), many are looking to under-the-table alternatives like contraband tobacco
