Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to my colleague's presentation.
My question is with respect to the statistics on the increase in cigarette smoking due to the reduction in the price which in turn was due to the reduction in the taxes. There are some who hold that this merely reflects the increase in the number of people who are now buying cigarettes legally who before were buying them on the black market.
Does the member have any statistics on that and if so, how were they derived?