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Dearer smokes means less smokers: survey 

Increasing the price of cigarettes will help smokers kick the habit, according to a poll conducted by lobby group Quit.

The findings support a key recommendation of the Rudd government's preventative health taskforce, which earlier this month called for the average price of a packet of cigarettes to be increased from $13.50 to $20.

The Quit poll, released on Wednesday, reveals 53 per cent of recent quitters believe price is a "helpful" factor in giving up.

Cigarette cost was the biggest factor in making the decision to quit, while public smoking bans were most effective in helping people stay off cigarettes.

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