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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by felipemnoa on Saturday January 20, 2018 @04:25PM (#16195508)
>>The only measure that has ever been shown to work to reduce smoking is to make smoking less affordable.

Doesn't this just create an illegal distribution network that sells them cheaper?

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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by xvedejas on Saturday January 20, 2018 @04:44PM (#16195579)
It does a bit of both. Cigarettes become both more expensive for everyone, and there exists incentive for a black market which is necessarily cheaper than the legitimate market (otherwise why have it?), but still more expensive than a tax-free market (you can't reach the same efficiency as a legal, tax-free market).
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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by phoe-krk on Saturday January 20, 2018 @04:34PM (#16195540)
Nowhere to get cheaper tobacco from, nothing to distribute cheaper.
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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by johnchristopher on Saturday January 20, 2018 @04:49PM (#16195595)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/nyregion/tobacco-companies...

> The city has argued that the availability of cheaper cigarettes is a public health concern because taxes were in part a way to discourage smoking.

There's also that story about that manfacturer smuggling cigarettes into a country I can't remember to avoid paying taxes.

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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by pxeboot on Saturday January 20, 2018 @05:28PM (#16195775)
At least in the US, you can still buy cigarettes really cheap on Indian reservations and states like West Virginia.
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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by seanmcdirmid on Saturday January 20, 2018 @05:56PM (#16195889)
Same in Washington.
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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by Grue3 on Sunday January 21, 2018 @04:18AM (#16197402)
In late USSR and 90s Russia, smuggled cigarettes were absolutely a thing.
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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by Moru on Saturday January 20, 2018 @05:21PM (#16195735)
You can always steal them.
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