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In <C0pK5E.8BB@plato.ds.boeing.com> simnet@plato.ds.boeing.com (Mark R Poulson) writes:

>In article <27763@sybase.sybase.com>, joe@sybase.com (Joseph Weinstein) writes:
>> Dean Edell on KGO revealed some data about canadian tobacco consumption, where
>> taxation raised the cost of cigarettes to about $3 a pack. The data show that
>> prior to the tax increase, per capita consumption was equal to the U.S. In the
>> few years since the taxation the consumption rate has dropped by 30%.

>How did they determine that consumption decreased -- by counting the number
>of cigarette packs sold? If so, they they aren't counting the hordes of
>Canadians that cross the border here into Washington every weekend who buy
>as much of our cheap gas and cheap smokes as they can without paying a duty fee.

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.
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