A new British study found that tobacco firms in Britain fiddled with cigarette prices as a way of sabotaging public-health efforts to reduce smoking, according to the study’s lead author, Dr. Anna Gilmore, a professor of public health at the University of Bath. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Gilmore AB, et al. Understanding tobacco industry pricing strategy and whether it undermines tobacco tax policy: the example of the UK cigarette market. Addiction. Article first published online: 16 APR 2013.
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