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Imperial Tobacco Canada responds to new tobacco surtax 

Imperial Tobacco Canada believes that certain provisions of the federal government's Bill C-50, which include the application of a surtax on "manufactured tobacco" sold in quantities equal to or lower than 50 grams, will ultimately impede the introduction of new smokeless tobacco products with potentially lower health risks such as Swedish style snus.

"While we acknowledge that there is no safe tobacco product, we believe that adult Canadian smokers deserve to have product options that represent potentially lower health risks than smoking, and we believe that the tobacco industry should be encouraged, not discouraged, to bring these products to the Canadian market," said Benjamin Kemball, President and CEO of Imperial Tobacco Canada. "When certain provisions of the bill come into force next week the price of snus will increase to such a degree that smokers might not consider them a viable option."

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