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The Canadian parliament is considering a bill that designed to wipe out candy-flavored cigarettes but could hurt local tobacco farmers.
Jump to full article: TriCities.com (Bristol (TN) Herald Courier/WJHL-TV), 2009-06-24
Author: Mac McLean Reporter / Bristol Herald Courier
Intro: A Northeast Tennessee Congressman is the latest person to join the fight against a bill making its way through the Canadian legislature that could hurt American burley tobacco farmers.
On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, R-1st, sent Canadian International Trade Minister Stockwell Day a letter voicing his opposition to that country's "Cracking down on Tobacco Marketing Aimed at Youth Act."
Known as C-32, the bill would ban the sale and manufacture of flavored cigars and cigarettes in Canada. The legislation unanimously passed the Canadian House of Commons on June 17 and is now making its way through the Canadian Senate. . . .
"I view this as a trade measure rather a health measure," Roe wrote in his letter, which called C-32 a "protectionist measure" because it could put American tobacco farmers at a loss while creating a market for tobacco varieties not commonly grown in this country.
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