Moving 31.6 million cigarettes requires capital, transport, secure storage, communications, distributors and a market capable of absorbing the product. There is no public evidence linking the Edmonton tobacco seizure directly to Alberta’s fentanyl networks, and none should be implied. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives states that illegal tobacco distribution often finances or launders proceeds for narcotics trafficking, violent crime and terrorism. Canada should apply that same logic to every major tobacco seizure. • Alberta fentanyl lab had industrial-scale capacityThat same month, investigators dismantled a fentanyl production site near Valleyview, Alberta.