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Big drug shoulders out big tobacco. (Up Front).

In February, Alberta increased the provincial tax on a pack of cigarettes by $2.25 in one fell swoop. This made Alberta's tobacco tax the highest in the country and provoked similar increases in B.C. and Saskatchewan. Suddenly a lot of people in these provinces seem to be chewing nicotine gum rather furiously, or worrying like a mangy dog at nicotine patches on their arms. There is no question the tax hike has caused plenty of people to kick the filthy habit, although it has made nonsense of Ralph Klein's reputation as a tax fighter.

The obvious beneficiary of the hike is Mr. Klein's government, whose revenues are expected to increase by $281 million this fiscal year as a ...

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