Smoking smuggled U.S. cigarettes is rapidly becoming as commonplace in Canada as was the drinking of smuggled Canadian liquor in the U.S. during Prohibition. Deeply resentful of the government's 182% cigarette tax, which has forced prices as high as 46¢ a pack, the average Canadian seems to feel no moral guilt whatever in buying the smuggled U.S. article at 15¢-a-pack less.
Border guards have tried to stamp out the smuggling with extra patrols and more careful searches. The courts have stiffened the penalties for large-scale smuggling, raising the customary $200 fine to $1,000 and confiscating trucks caught carrying contraband. But the...
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