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Orrin Hatch: I have one final concern with the chart that was used by our distinguished friend from Massachusetts on Canadian tobacco…

On the recordMay 20, 1998
I have one final concern with the chart that was used by our distinguished friend from Massachusetts on Canadian tobacco use and price. As I said, that chart ended in 1991. When you look from 1991 on, Canadian imports to our country went up dramatically. Most were smuggled back into Canada and created a huge black market. Does the Senator remember, before the Judiciary Committee, we had the former mayor of Cornwall testify before our committee?
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Addressing concerns about Canadian tobacco imports and their impact on the black market.

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