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The National PostТs John Ivison examines Stockwell DayТs thus-far futile attempts to secure American cooperation in the war on contraband tobacco, most of which is secreted across the border on the Akwesasne reserve by Уorganized criminal gangs.Ф Day has a high card to play, tooЧhe Уwas at pains [in discussion with Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff] to point out that tax free cigarettes and drug smuggling go hand-in-hand,Ф Ivison notes, which should have been a silver bullet. But the desire to avoid УconfrontationФ with natives seems just as strong south of the 49th parallel as it is to the north. At the moment, he concludes, DayТs request that we Уplease, please drive past smoke shacks selling 200 cigarettes in clear, plastic resealable bags for as little as $6 and instead fork over $75-$90 for legal cartonsФ actually seems less far-fetched than attacking the source of the problem.
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