BILL 19

An Act to Amend the Tobacco Tax Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 The Tobacco Tax Act, chapter  T-7  of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended by adding after section 7.1 the following:

7.2               The Minister may direct a fixed percentage of the tax collected to smoking cessation programs and nicotine replacement therapies, in accordance with the regulations.

2 Subsection 22(1) of the Act is amended by adding after paragraph (j.1) the following:

(j.2)        respecting the establishment of a fixed percentage of the tax collected to be dedicated to smoking cessation programs and nicotine replacement therapies and the conditions under which these programs will be funded;

3 This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.