Since plain packaging was introduced in Australia, smoking rates have fallen, but only in line with historical trends, he said
Online sellers shipping into California face additional federal exposure under the PACT Act, which carries criminal penalties of up to three years in prison and per-shipment fines
Additional analyses of data from both tasks that did not include the physiological noise modelling regressors produced a highly similar set of results (see Supplementary Figure 3), suggesting that physiological effects are not a significant confound in the data
Cigarette Butts: Every day, 200 million cigarette butts are thrown away in the UK alone
Given the fact that every major consumer product company is restructuring their business, why should tobacco companies be any different? Somewhat less charitable was the tone from Bernstein Research in September 1993: would Marlboros share gains post April 2 be permanent or just rented?9 But to be fair, the evidence of the impact of Marlboro Friday was still just coming in Summary When Philip Morris published its 1993 annual report in early 1994, management restated its rationale behind the repricing of its brands: Our new pricing strategy and actions had a simple objective: to narrow the price gap between our premium product and discount competitors to a point where consumers would once again base their purchases on brand quality, imagery, and preference, rather than on price alone
