Anti-tobacco bill further tests Canada-U.S. trade relationship 

Add American cigarettes to the growing list of products getting caught up in the increasingly testy trade relationship between Canada and the United States.

Tobacco growers in Kentucky have launched a protest against the Harper government over a new anti-smoking bill they argue will lead to a ban on the vast majority of U.S. cigarette exports to Canada.

Tobacco growers in Kentucky have launched a protest against the Harper government over a new anti-smoking bill they argue will lead to a ban on the vast majority of U.S. cigarette exports to Canada.

Two U.S. congressmen have taken up the cause of 8,100 Kentucky farmers who grow burley tobacco - used in popular American-style cigarettes like Camel and Winston - and have warned International Trade Minister Stockwell Day that Canada's legislation violates NAFTA and other trade agreements.

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