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[Florida] Lower costs have young smokers switching to little cigars

And price matters more than anything else when it comes to the tobacco-buying habits of young consumers, say public health experts. Their fear is that a federal tax loophole -- which allows small cigarette-style cigars to sell for cheaper than regular sm
(Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Sun-Sentinel
added Aug 21, 2012 21:05
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[Florida] Tax Loophole Fueling Rise In Teen Tobacco Use

CBS4 news partner The Miami Herald reports that public health experts fear the trend is fueled by a federal tax loophole, one that allows small cigarette-style cigars to sell for less than regular smokes. The result: it's getting the next generation hook
CBS
added Aug 21, 2012 20:58
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CDC Report Exposes Tobacco Companies’ Latest Tricks to Promote Smoking

Low-tax products attract kids and keep smokers hooked
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Aug 9, 2012 14:02
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Pipes and Cigars Gain as Smokers Still Light Up

Over a 12-year period, total consumption of cigarettes fell 32.8%, the agency reported in the Aug. 3 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. But over the same time, the use of pipe tobacco and large cigars skyrocketed, by factors of 5.82 and 3.3
MedPage Today
added Aug 4, 2012 12:15
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CDC Report Shows Tobacco Companies Manipulating Products to Avoid Taxes and Encourage Smoking — Congress and FDA Must Act to Protect Public Health

This report demonstrates the need to equalize taxes on all tobacco products and for the Food and Drug Administration to regulate all tobacco products. Congress and the states should increase tax rates on all tobacco products to the same rate as cigarette
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Aug 3, 2012 19:08
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Smokers Drop Pricey Cigarettes for Cheaper Alternatives: CDC

Other tobacco products allow industry to work around tax hikes, labeling regs, study authors say
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Aug 3, 2012 13:32
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Big Cigars Offer Way for Smokers to Save

Fewer Americans are smoking cigarettes, but a growing number are turning to cigarettelike cigars that can sell for as little as seven cents apiece or to making cigarettes from inexpensive loose tobacco labeled for pipe use, the Centers for Disease Contro
New York Times
added Aug 3, 2012 09:17
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Drop in cigarette consumption offset by increases in other forms of smoked tobacco

Loopholes in tax structure, classification system are possible causes
PR Newswire
added Aug 2, 2012 17:27
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Smokers in U.S. Switch to Pipes, Cigars From Cigarettes

People in the U.S. are smoking more cigars and pipe tobacco even as cigarette use declines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.
Business Week/Bloomberg
added Aug 2, 2012 17:23
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Consumption of Cigarettes and Combustible Tobacco — United States, 2000–2011

The data suggest that certain smokers have switched from cigarettes to other combustible tobacco products, most notably since a 2009 increase in the federal tobacco excise tax that created tax disparities between product types.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
added Aug 2, 2012 16:06
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