Ottawa's ban on flavoured products upsets farmers
Jump to full article: Montreal Gazette (ca), 2009-10-16
Author: SHELDON ALBERTS, Canwest News Service
Intro: The Canadian government is being targeted in a new U.S. advertising campaign that alleges Ottawa's latest anti-smoking law violates international trade agreements by discriminating against U.S. cigarette imports.
In newspaper ads that will run next week in two widely read Capitol Hill newspapers, Kentucky's burley-tobacco growers say they've been side-swiped by legislation that bans candy-flavoured products marketed to youth.
Burley tobacco is air-cured tobacco used primarily for cigarette production. Its growth is centred in Kentucky.
The farmers also are preparing a World Trade Organization complaint that contends provisions in Bill
C-32, which received royal assent Oct. 8, unfairly outlaws the sale in Canada of U.S.-style cigarettes blended with burley.
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