Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for that correction. I will start again. Pardon the oversight.
It is the young people who unfortunately have been buying these lower priced contraband cigarettes. As a result, more and more young people are being exposed to tobacco because of the smuggling. Therefore attempts had to be made to correct the problem.
I advise the hon. member that the situation in which the tax has been dropped is considered a temporary situation and will be corrected as soon as the issue of tobacco smuggling is corrected.