US SALES DROP
September 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
AMERICAN cigarette sales dropped more than twice as much in the four US states that spend the most on tobacco control, including health publicity and education programmes, according to a new study published in the country's Journal of Health Economics. Between 1990 and 2000, sales fell an average of 43 per cent in Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and Oregon, compared with a 20 per cent average for all states. Previous research had suggested that cigarette excise taxes cause the largest and most immediate decline in sales.
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AMERICAN cigarette sales dropped more than twice as much in the four US states that spend the most on tobacco control, including health publicity and education programmes, according to a new study published in the country's Journal of Health Economics. Between 1990 and 2000, sales fell an average of 43 per cent in Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and Oregon, compared with a 20 per cent average for all states. Previous research had suggested that cigarette excise taxes cause the largest and most immediate decline in sales.
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