Tobacco companies may also pursue both strategies in the same country, increasing the price gap between premium and budget products Introducing new brands , variants, segments or products, like cheaper brands to keep prices low Using price discrimination and promotions such as selling the same product at different prices to different customers Price smoothing: Introducing the tax increase gradually, over time, so consumers are less likely to notice and decide to cut down or quit Adopt shrinkflation: Disguising the price increase by reducing the number of cigarettes in a pack or reducing their size Changing product attributes or production processes such as introducing cigarette-like cigarillos if they are taxed at a lower rate Tobacco taxes are critical to reducing the burden of tobacco use but only work if consumers feel the impact in the form of higher prices
Study finds menthol cigarette ban would lead a lot of people to quit smoking A new paper in Nicotine & Tobacco Research , published by Oxford University Press, finds that banning the sale of menthol cigarettes would likely lead to a meaningful reduction in smoking rates
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