David Hammond, a public health professor at the University of Waterloo who specializes in tobacco policy, says the taxation amounts are out of date, even though they're supposed to keep up with inflation
After a while, she said, her lungs started to feel better
Tobacco receipts by product type Figure 2: Total tobacco receipts for the last 10 financial years split by cigarettes, hand-rolling tobacco, cigars and other For the full dataset that accompanies Figure 2 go to Tobacco statistics tables (January 2026) Figure 2 demonstrates several trends for total tobacco receipts by product type: total tobacco receipts peaked in the 2021 to 2022 financial year cigarettes have been gradually decreasing as a proportion of total tobacco receipts, with HRT increasing cigar receipts and other tobacco products remain a small percentage of total tobacco receipts Figure 3: Cigarette and Hand-Rolling Tobacco yearly tobacco receipts for the previous 10 financial years For the full dataset that accompanies Figure 3 go to Tobacco statistics tables (January 2026) Figure 3 demonstrates several trends for cigarette and hand-rolling tobacco yearly receipts: cigarette receipts have steadily decreased in the last 10 years, from 8,299 million in the 2014 to 2015 financial year to 5,914 million in the 2024 to 2025 financial year hand-rolling tobacco receipts increased by 109% from 1,141 million in the 2014 to 2015 financial year to 2,390 million in the 2021 to 2022 financial year
This initiative not only helps protect non-smokers from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke but also enhances the overall guest experience by maintaining the parks cleanliness and preserving its family-friendly image
