/R E P E A T -- Media Invitation - First-ever B.C. Contraband Tobacco Study
Shows Significant Problem in Province/

Convenience Stores Association warns Contraband Tobacco firmly established in Vancouver area

VANCOUVER, Nov. 17 /CNW/ - Those who think contraband tobacco is a problematic issue in Eastern Canada only may have to think again.

Findings from the first-ever Cigarette Butt Study conducted in the Vancouver-area will be unveiled as part of the Canadian and Western Convenience Stores Associations' efforts to fight contraband tobacco across the country.

In the past two years across Canada, 2,300 convenience stores have closed their doors - much in part to the increased use of contraband tobacco.  With some of the highest tobacco taxes in Canada, Western provinces are set for a growing illicit tobacco market in the near future.

That's enough for the members of the Canadian and Western Convenience Store Associations to invite media to a Vancouver news conference aimed at pressuring members of the Federal and Provincial governments to intensify the fight against contraband tobacco in their communities. 

Details

WHAT:	Release of regional results from the first-ever Vancouver-area Cigarette Butt Study conducted by the Canadian and Western Convenience Stores Association (CCSA-WCSA),
WHEN:	Friday, November 19, 2010 - 10:30 a.m.
WHERE:	Mac's Convenience Store - 2505 Hemlock Street, Vancouver
WHO:	Mr. Michel Gadbois, Senior Vice-President of the Canadian Convenience Stores Association (CCSA)
	Mr. Wayne Hoskins, President, Western Convenience Stores Association (WCSA)

For further information:

Dianna Eakins, Media Contact
Canadian and Western Convenience Stores Association (CCSA-WCSA)
T. 905-630-4208 / E. [email protected]