http://www.tobacco-facts.net/2009/03/tobacco-tax-increase-expected-to-reduce-smoking Cigarettes Smoking Effects.Tobacco news and cigarettes information. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:17:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tobacco-facts.net/2009/03/tobacco-tax-increase-expected-to-reduce-smoking/comment-page-1#comment-73 sinxia Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:13:17 +0000 http://www.tobacco-facts.net/?p=737#comment-73 Price increases haven't always been effective in smoking reduction. Someone who is addicted to smoking will buy cigarettes whatever the cost and cut down on other expenditure. In younger people, they tend to start smoking because of peer pressure and aren't initially heavy smokers, so the impact of cost isn't so great because they don't buy and consume as much tobacco anyway and aren't hugely affected by the price. Better to educate people not to start smoking, and help people who already smoke. Price increases haven’t always been effective in smoking reduction. Someone who is addicted to smoking will buy cigarettes whatever the cost and cut down on other expenditure. In younger people, they tend to start smoking because of peer pressure and aren’t initially heavy smokers, so the impact of cost isn’t so great because they don’t buy and consume as much tobacco anyway and aren’t hugely affected by the price. Better to educate people not to start smoking, and help people who already smoke.

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