http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/org/cpi.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Economy.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=login http://tobacco.org/news/224217.html There were a few bright spots for shoppers. Food prices were flat in April. Computer prices dropped 2.6 percent. Prices for tobacco and smoking products dipped 0.2 percent. AP Wed, 17 May 2006 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/17/business/yourmoney/17mark.html http://tobacco.org/news/195098.html In the 12 months through February, the price of gasoline jumped 14.7 percent. Chicken was up 5.2 percent; pork, 6.3 percent; and white bread, 6.4 percent. Tobacco and smoking products were up 5 percent, and medical care and legal services, 4.3 percent. [This graph only] New York Times Sun, 17 Apr 2005 04:00:00 GMT http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030716/bs_afp/us_economy_prices_1 http://tobacco.org/news/132409.html US consumer prices edged higher in June, government figures showed . . . Tobacco prices dropped 0.5 percent. Agence France Presse Wed, 16 Jul 2003 04:00:00 GMT http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1026143630712&call_page=TS_Business&call_pageid=968350072197&call_pagepath=Business/News&col=969048863851 http://tobacco.org/news/99413.html A jump in tobacco taxes sparked a rise in Canada's June inflation rate. The consumer price index, or CPI, rose to an annual rate of 1.3 per cent last month, up from 1 per cent in May, Statistics Canada reported yesterday. Cigarette prices, up 32.1 per cent from June, 2001, accounted for more than half of the increase, StatsCan noted. "If you're not a smoker, June was a pretty mild month for prices," said Avery Shenfeld, senior economist at CIBC World Markets. . . Financial markets are more interested in the CPIX, which strips out eight volatile categories, such as food, energy and tobacco. Toronto Star Canada Wed, 24 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://canada.com/saskatoon/story.asp?id=%7B6B56CB9D-6A6B-4A4A-8528-9326B2456C15%7D http://tobacco.org/news/99398.html Higher taxes on cigarettes helped push the annual inflation rate up to 1.3 per cent in June from one per cent the month before, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. . . OTTAWA (CP) - Higher taxes on cigarettes helped push the annual inflation rate up to 1.3 per cent in June from one per cent the month before, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. Rising food prices, especially for potatoes, also added to inflation last month. But those increases were generally offset by a dramatic drop in energy costs compared with one year earlier. The result? Inflation isn't a big problem for the economy, analysts say. "This is a case of there being lots of smoke but little fire in the CPI (consumer price index)," said Warren Lovely, senior economist with CIBC World Markets. "When you strip out that tobacco tax hike, it was a pretty muted month for consumer prices." Just over half of the June inflation jump was blamed on higher cigarette taxes, especially in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. Those taxes, which kicked in last month, pushed the cost of smokes up by 32.1 per cent compared with one year earlier. The inflation report didn't help the luckless dollar, which took its biggest single-day drop in a decade Monday. Canadian Press Canada Tue, 23 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020723/wl_canada_nm/canada_inflation_col_1 http://tobacco.org/news/99376.html An increase in cigarette prices helped push Canada's annual inflation rate in June up to 1.3 percent from the 1.0 percent recorded in May, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday. . . "Just over of half the Consumer Price Index 's advance in June (compared to June last year) is due to a rise in cigarette prices, largely resulting from an increase in taxes," Statscan said in its daily bulletin. Cigarette prices in June were 32.1 percent higher than in June 2001. [This graph only] Reuters Canada Tue, 23 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4451-2002Jun18.html http://tobacco.org/news/96416.html Consumer prices were flat in May, the best showing in five months, as lower costs for gasoline, clothes and cars eclipsed higher prices for medical care and air fares. The tame reading for the Consumer Price Index, one of the government's most closely watched inflation gauges, came after prices shot up by 0.5 percent in April, the biggest jump in nearly a year, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. . . For tobacco products, prices fell 2.7 percent in May. AP Tue, 18 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23278-2002May15.html http://tobacco.org/news/93648.html Consumer prices shot up in April by the largest percentage in nearly a year, especially hitting the wallets of motorists, air passengers, hospital patients and smokers. . . Higher costs for gasoline, air fares, hospital services and tobacco were the biggest culprits behind last month's sharp rise. . . Prices for tobacco products climbed 6.5 percent, the largest gain since September 1999. That increase, economists said, reflects some state tax increases, wholesale price increases and reduced discounts from some major brands. AP Wed, 15 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58830-2002Apr16.html http://tobacco.org/news/91113.html But there were some bargains for shoppers. . . Tobacco prices dropped 3.5 percent. [This graph only] AP Tue, 16 Apr 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://biz.yahoo.com/apf/010918/economy_8.html http://tobacco.org/news/74999.html Consumer inflation edged up by 0.1 percent in August as lower prices for gasoline, tobacco and airline fares helped to blunt higher costs for medical care, the government reported Tuesday. The small advance in the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index, a closely watched inflation gauge, came after consumer prices had plummeted by 0.3 percent in July, the biggest drop in 15 years. . . The core rate of inflation so far this year has increased at a rate of 2.9 percent, reflecting in part higher prices for medical care, shelter and tobacco products. For all of 2000, core inflation was up 2.6 percent. But in August prices for tobacco and other smoking products plunged 3.8 percent, the biggest drop since September 1993. [This graph only] AP Tue, 18 Sep 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?T=marketsquote99_news.ht&s=AO1WBeBJMVS5TLiBD http://tobacco.org/news/70780.html U.S. consumer prices rose more than expected in June . . . Consumer prices rose 0.2 percent after a 0.4 percent gain in May, the Labor Department said. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy costs, rose 0.3 percent after rising 0.1 percent the previous month, the Labor Department said. . . Prices on tobacco and smoking products rose 0.5 percent last month after falling 1.3 percent in May. Tobacco prices may fall in coming months as some retailers try to push through decline in wholesale prices, analysts said. [This graph only] Bloomberg News Wed, 18 Jul 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?id=88785 http://tobacco.org/news/70329.html The upsurge in June inflation came principally from a 5.1-percent month-on-month (m/m) increase in cigarette prices, which carry a 3.3-percent weight in the consumer price index (CPI), and a 17.1-percent m/m rise in postal rates. . . The cigarette price hike was similarly responsible for the jump in core inflation to 3.9 percent from an estimated 3.5 percent in May. [This graph only] Kathimerini Greece Wed, 11 Jul 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.afxpress.com/afxpress2/html/story_19763.xml http://tobacco.org/news/68534.html Consumer prices according to the NIC index, including tobacco prices, were up 0.3 pct in May from April and were up 3.1 pct from a year earlier, statistics bureau ISTAT said. In April, the NIC index with tobacco was up 0.4 pct from March and up 3.1 pct year-on-year. AFX News Italy Sat, 16 Jun 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/010615/d010615a.htm http://tobacco.org/news/68496.html Cigarette prices, mortgage interest cost, telephone services prices and rent also pushed up the All-items CPI, but were partly offset by lower prices for air transportation and computer equipment and supplies... The impact of higher taxes on cigarettes continued into May; prices rose 3.3% compared with April. Statistics Canada Canada Fri, 15 Jun 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010516/aponline084822_000.htm http://tobacco.org/news/66117.html Elsewhere in the report, prices for tobacco products, including cigarettes, rose by 4 percent in April, the largest gain since a 4.4 percent jump in April 2000. Economists say tobacco companies have raised cigarette prices to help cover costs related to legal settlements. [This graph only] AP Wed, 16 May 2001 04:00:00 GMT