So the difference between them is $5.18 that is directly passed on to every smoker when they buy a standard pack
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And if we do that, we know we are going to save lives and reduce health care costs." If Massachusetts does raise its smoking age to 21, it could become the second state to do so, following Hawaii
"They didn't say, 'How do we change marketing rules to give an advantage to low-risk products?' They didn't say, 'How do we change tax policy?'They didn't say, 'Let's run massive campaigns to inform people.' They just made one alternative available, and here we are seven years later." Japan's massive reduction in cigarette sales is less the result of intentional policy than it is a bottom-up response from tobacco consumers making their own decisions to try a safer alternative
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