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Report to Congressional Committees: TOBACCO TAXES Large Disparities in Rates for Smoking Products Trigger Significant Market Shifts to Avoid Higher Taxes (PDF)

GAO estimates that federal revenue losses due to market shifts from roll-your-own to pipe tobacco and from small to large cigars range from about $615 million to $1.1 billion for the same period. The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has limited op
General Accounting Office (GAO)
added Mar 1, 2013 13:56
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[UK] Devon smokers 'admit using smuggled tobacco'

Illegal tobacco has been used by almost a third of smokers in Torbay and more than a quarter in Plymouth, a government-funded body has revealed. Smokefree South West said 32% of smokers, about 11,600 adults, in Torbay admitted buying the tobacco compare
BBC Online
added Feb 25, 2013 21:51
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I. INDIVIDUAL SMOKER CASES

A. Engle Progeny Cases. Pursuant to the Florida Supreme Court's July 2006 ruling in Engle v. Liggett Group Inc., which decertified the Engle class on a prospective basis, former class members had one year from January 11, 2007 to file individ
Edgar
added Feb 19, 2013 19:46
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[UK] Manchester smoking death rates highest in England – with hospital admissions costing EVERY person £60

Data from the London Health Observatory (LHO) reveals that between 2008 and 2010 there were 372 estimated smoking related deaths per 100,000 people in the city – higher than anywhere else in England. A shocking 14.6% of pregnant women smoked in 2011-201
Mancunian Matters (uk)
added Feb 18, 2013 11:21
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Longtime Smokers Lose a Decade of Life

Large study of U.S. smokers found quitting by age 35 reduces effect most, but it's never too late
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Feb 16, 2013 20:51
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[West Virginia] Report: State's LGBT smoking rate higher than general population

Nearly 41 percent of people in the LGBT community smoke, compared to 23.9 percent of the state's general population, according to data from researchers in West Virginia University's School of Public Health and the state Bureau for Public Health's Divisio
Charleston (WV) Gazette
added Feb 15, 2013 09:03
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The Effect of the California Tobacco Control Program on Smoking Prevalence, Cigarette Consumption, and Healthcare Costs: 1989–2008

Conclusions/Significance Between FY 1989 and 2008 the California Tobacco Program cost $2.4 billion and led to cumulative NIPA healthcare expenditure savings of $134 (SE $30.5) billion.
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
added Feb 13, 2013 17:06
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European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2013 [FREE FULL TEXT]

Pancreatic cancer has become the fourth cause of cancer death in both sexes, while in a few years lung cancer will likely become the first cause of cancer mortality in women as well, overtaking breast cancer.
Annals of Oncology
added Feb 13, 2013 15:06
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[Europe, UK] Women's lung cancer death rates set to rise

The news that lung cancer is now the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in British women is being widely reported by the media. The stories are based on well conducted research that predicts cancer deaths in 2013.
National Health Service (NHS) (uk)
added Feb 13, 2013 14:51
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WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2011: Country profile: Russian Federation (PDF)

World Health Organization (WHO)
added Feb 13, 2013 10:42
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