# What Canada did to tackle its illegal tobacco problem

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Published: 2026-09-04T00:15:00+00:00
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## Resource

The tobacco excise debate has intensified, with the Coalition proposing to slash the tax by 80 per cent. Throughout this debate, many health experts have cited Canada's success quashing the illicit market by slashing its tobacco taxes by around 50 per cent in the 1994 So what can we learn from the Canadian example?

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