Tobacco users in Alberta may soon have a higher price to chew on. A prominent government lobby group is pressuring the P.C. leadership candidates... and most say they support a tax increase.
Spokeswoman Lorie Boychuk says our province's booming economy is making it more affordable for people to use.
Boychuk says it's been proven in cases around the world that when prices are increased, consumption decreases.
The last tobacco tax increase was over four years ago, and average product prices jumped 30 per cent.