Revealed: How Increasing Tax Makes Poorer Youths Smoke More Than the Rich Health: Study Health: Study Children of Low-Income Families Have More to Spend On Cigarettes
Sunday Herald › October 09, 2007
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INCREASING tax on cigarettes to help drive down smoking rates could have the effect of widening health inequalities between teenage smokers.
A new Scottish study has revealed that contrary to expectations, young people from poorer backgrounds have the most cash in their pockets to spend on tobacco.See the full content of this document
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Revealed: How Increasing Tax Makes Poorer Youths Smoke More Than the Rich Health: Study Health: Study Children of Low-Income Families Have More to Spend On Cigarettes
In addition, they are also more likely to be able to buy cigarettes on the black market or obtain them cheaply or free from friends and family.
However, teenagers from more ...See the full content of this document
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