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• Lighting up at any price 

Twenty-six-year-old, Anne-Marie Raghunath* is addicted to cigarettes-so much so that the recent price increase in cigarettes has not affected her habit. "As the price increases, my addiction doesn't decrease, it remains the same. So I will be consuming the same amount," she told the Sunday Express during an interview.

Her co-worker, Jason Gonzales*, made a similar confession. When asked if the price increase had affected his smoking, Gonzales said, "No... I am woefully addicted to the product."

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