June 12, 2025 – Canada’s one-size-fits-all approach to taxing nicotine discourages smokers from switching to much safer alternatives and is fuelling a thriving illicit market, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Taxation and Regulation of Reduced-Harm Nicotine Products,” Ian Irvine and Sam Hampsher-Monk find that while taxes account for about […]
