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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Opposition Bill Could Help New Brunswickers Quit Smoking

Need help kicking your cigarette habit? If the New Brunswick Liberals have their way, quitting could soon be a little easier.

The Liberal Opposition presenting a new bill to the Legislative assembly that aims to provide smokers with services and medications to treat their addictions.

The province collected $102.6 million in tobacco tax revenues in 2009-2010. The new law, if adopted, would dedicated a percentage of those tax revenues to quit-smoking and nicotine replacement therapies.

It's estimated that smoking costs the province more that $200 million annually in health care and workplace-related expenses.