12 - Wednesday, February 9, 1994 - North Shore News Kevin Gillies INQUIRING REPORTER near eenneimnee teenie mente tee tet Arteta te PRIME MINISTER jean Chretien recently announced his intention to lower the federal taxes on a carton of cigarettes by five dollars. The move was aimed at lowering the ilegal smugeling of: cigarettes and reducing their yatue on the black market. The feds are folowing a move made earlier by the Quebee government, The price of u car- ion of cigarettes — beiween $44 and $48 — includes $16 in federal faxes and a further $22 in provincial tuxes. B.C. Health Minister Paul Ramsey and B.C. docters don't tike the move. The Health Ministry estimates that smoking-related treatment costs $1 billion per yea in Do you think federal taxes on ley tee een B.C. Opponents say more young peuple will become addicted te tubaceo with the lowering of cigarette prices, The debnrte rayes despite the recent raising of the legal age for buying smokes to 19, Ramsey says 17,000 new smokers will increase the provincial medical bill by $1.3 ryilfion. Proponeats of the move say the increase in legal cigarette sufes has decreased the governments’ combined tax intake by more than the five doflars per carton and inereused the cost of fighting crime, Criminals get the money Chat governments have lost. Remember, LC. has the fewest smokers per capita of any province, cigarettes should be lowered? Lorie Sehmunk North Vancouver No because people have stopped or will stop if it is too expensive. Jon Lee North Vancouver Being a non-smoker | haven't given ita lot of thought. Lance Lange North Vancouver Yes. We're taxed to death, That's the only way they're poing to stop. Jules Wilkins North Vancouver The more you raise taxes, the more people try to beat the system. 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