BMJ 2016;352:i1152
After opposing efforts to hike the states cigarette tax for more than a decade, Missouri convenience stores are now pushing two tobacco-increase plans, either of which they said would add $800 million to state coffers within a decade of their enactment
For elastic products, strategies like bundle pricing, volume incentives, or temporary discounts can stimulate demand
The peer-reviewed, two-part regression analysis is too complex to describe here in detail, and the technical discussion has been relegated to "Appendix A: The Econometric Analysis." In general terms, however, the model compares legal, per-capita sales of cigarettes to survey data on the percentage of smokers in each state (the survey data comes from the "Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System" administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Louis Public Radio Ballot summary and fiscal impact statement lawsuits A lawsuit brought against the supporting campaign resulted in a Cole County judge ruling that the 60-cent fiscal proposal overestimated the potential revenue that it would bring in
Style and functionality are added to smoking accessories.