• The Government of Ontario has many enforcement measures to discourage the sale of contraband tobacco
• The Tobacco Tax Act has been strengthened with new inspection and seizure powers, new offence provisions, increased fines, jail provisions, civil penalties, and provisions that permit tax investigators to share intelligence information with police and other agencies that enforce tobacco-related laws
• The 2009 Budget announced a number of additional measures that will further strengthen tobacco tax enforcement in Ontario
• Additional measures strengthening tobacco tax enforcement were announced in the 2009 Budget, including an amendment to suspend the driver's licences of persons convicted of certain tobacco offences
• Over the past two years, approximately 66 million contraband cigarettes have been seized in Ontario by ministry investigators and inspectors

• Read about Tobacco Tax.
• Learn more about the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy.

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