Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Cigarette prices in Canada [cartographic material]

(Publié aussi en français sous le titre: Le prix des cigarettes au Canada [matériel cartographique])

This map compares the average price of a carton of 200 cigarettes by province and territory as of April 17, 2009. Northwest Territories has the highest price with $104.83, and Quebec has the lowest with $70.18.


http://www.nsra-adnf.ca/cms/file/pdf/cigarette_prices_Canada_17_April_2009.pdf

Comment: Interesting that Ontario and Quebec have the lowest prices, yet smuggling is an issue. Perhaps there are factors involved other than price?