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Author: MARK HOTTON in Queenstown - The Southland Times
Intro: Outraged anti-smoking organisations are worried cigarette price cuts by tobacco companies will make smoking more affordable and lure former smokers back to the habit.
A Central Otago retailer yesterday confirmed both British American Tobacco New Zealand and Imperial Tobacco have embarked on what appears to be a price war by dropping the cost of several brands.
The retailer said a British American Tobacco representative told him prices were being cut some brands by as much as $1.10 a packet to make smoking more affordable in the current economic situation.
Attempts to obtain comment from the two tobacco giants were unsuccessful yesterday.
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