Recall the Application About the Decrease in Taxes on Cigarettes

question 213

Multiple Choice

Recall the Application about the decrease in taxes on cigarettes in several Canadian provinces in 1994 to answer the following question(s) .
-According to the Application,what was the reason the Canadian government decreased the tax rates of cigarettes?

• A) to discourage smuggling of cigarettes from the United States
• B) to encourage smoking
• C) to discourage smoking
• D) to give in to consumer demands of lower taxes in the country

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