Tobacco tax raises cost of cigarettes in Ontario

The price of cigarettes in Ontario is up a few bucks starting today.

The cost is up $4 to just over $100 a carton. The increase that works out to about two cents a cigarettes.

This increase was announced last year in the 2018 budget and is part of the province’s three-year plan to curb smoking rates.

There will be another $4 increase next year.

Tobacco taxes account for roughly 70 per cent of the price of cigarettes.