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- From: bill@twg.bc.ca (Bill Irwin)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Canadian proof (not) that taxation lowers cigarette consumption
- Message-ID: <2830@twg.bc.ca>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 23:23:42 GMT
- References: <C0pK5E.8BB@plato.ds.boeing.com> <1993Jan12.174258.591@Happy-Man.com>
- Reply-To: bill@twg.bc.ca (Bill Irwin)
- Organization: The Westrheim Group, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- josh@Happy-Man.com (Joshua_Putnam) writes:
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- : Despite Canadian consumption, U.S. tobacco production is in a
- : long-term decline. In 1982 dollars, tobacco manufacturing dropped
- : from $9,561 million in 1980 to $3,080 million in 1989. Per
- : capita consumption dropped from 7.9 lb/yr to 5.7 lb/yr over the
- : same period.
-
- : U.S. smoking rates have declined rapidly, too. In 1979, 43% of
- : 18-25 year olds, and 37% of those over 25, smoked. By 1991, this
- : dropped to 32% and 29%, respectively.
-
- : Because the U.S. anti-smoking business has been going for a long
- : time, 1980s numbers hide a large overall drop during the
- : 1960s and 1970s. 1970 tobacco consumption was 9.7 lb/yr per
- : capita, 70% more than in 1989.
-
- If you are using the 7.9 lb/yr figure you quote above, then this
- is a 22.8% increase of the 1989 amount, not 70%.
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- Bill Irwin - The Westrheim Group - Vancouver, BC, Canada
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