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		<title>Smokers react to dramatic rise in price of cigarettes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahmed Lizneen was just 14 when he first smoked. What started as an “experiment for fun” has now become a habit – he has struggled to quit over the years, but to no avail. “It was my friends who gave the cigarette to me first. I had it for fun. Then I also started buying. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smokers draw breath as prices rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smokers hit by hefty price rises are flooding Quitline with calls for help. Twenty South Canterbury smokers contacted the quit group over the first three days of the year. Staff expect that figure to reach 200 by the end of this month, compared with 140 for the same period in 2011 and 62 in January [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quitline inundated after tobacco price rises</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quitline has been inundated with calls from people in Taranaki wanting to ditch the durries. Since January 1, 95 people in the region have registered wanting to kick the habit but it&#8217;s not yet clear whether cost or conscience is the motivator. Cigarette prices jumped by 10 per cent on January 1 – the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. cigarette producers raise prices again</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The three largest U.S. tobacco producers are pushing through wholesale price increase across most cigarette brands for the second time this year, a sign the firms continue to command strong pricing power. Altria Group Inc. MO -0.45% and Reynolds American Inc. RAI +0.05% are enacting 5-cent per-pack increases, while No. 3 player Lorillard Inc. LO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year to see 14.6% hike in cigarette price in New Zealand</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what clearly is a massive push in the direction of getting smokers in New Zealand to quit smoking, the cost of cigarettes will be increased from the New Year’s Day. As a result of the increase to take effect from January 1, 2012, the cost of a standard pack of 20 cigarettes will witness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco firms &#8216;push up prices despite no tax hikes&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOBACCO companies have been accused of trying to lobby various finance ministers into not imposing budget tax hikes on cigarettes &#8212; in order to profit from their own price increases. The Health Service Executive (HSE) said it wanted &#8220;at least&#8221; a 50 cent increase in the cost of a packet of 20 cigarettes and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brookline selectmen support tobacco pharmacy ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brookline’s selectmen have thrown their weight behind a resolution that would ban tobacco sales at schools and pharmacies. At their Tuesday evening meeting, the board unanimously voted for the article, which Town Meeting member Tommy Vitolo is bringing to the Special Town Meeting in November. The article was one of several the selectmen considered at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global surplus pulls down tobacco prices, farmers mull alternatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nageswar Rao of Ngpadu village in Prakasam district of coastal Andhra Pradesh, a farmer who has grown only tobacco for more than three decades, is anxious about his future. Despite the golden crop having given him handsome returns for decades, Rao is sceptical mainly due to huge rise in the cost of production while price [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginia Cigarettes Priced Lowest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A list from a “discussion” website gauged the price of a pack of cigarettes in each state Thursday, and West Virginia’s pack was the cheapest. A pack of Marlboro Reds, including tax, could run from $4.74 per pack all the way to $11.90 across the United States, and the rock-bottom price can be found in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health officials welcome higher cigarette prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health officials have welcomed the enhanced tax on tobacco products which last weekend culminated in the price increase of most low-end cigarettes but left premium brands untouched. Deputy director of Medical Services William Maina also said the move to fund cancer screening equipment in the Budget would be a positive spin-off in the government policy. [...]]]></description>
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