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Although figures on the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes vary somewhat, the general rule is that a 10 percent increase in the real price reduces overall consumption by about 4 percent and the rate of smoking among youth by 7 percent

It typically consists of three main components: the filler, the binder, and the wrapper

In North Carolina, a state with three cities on this list, the average pack of cigarettes costs only $4.64, the second lowest of any state

Public health researchers have long known that smokers tend to drink, drinkers tend to smoke, and heavy smokers (see: nearly anyone on Mad Men ) tend to drink even more heavily