This decline translates to $135 million less in cigarette tax revenue for Massachusetts (not including lost revenue from sales taxA sales tax is levied on retail sales of goods and services and, ideally, should apply to all final consumption with few exemptions
[9] Similar results were seen for flavored cigar sales following Bostons implementation of cigar minimum price policy, with the price for single grape-flavored Dutch Masters cigars (which are popular with youth) increasing by $1 and the percentage of Boston retailers selling grape-flavored DM single cigars decreasing by 34.5%
also see West R, Fidler J (2011) Smoking and Smoking Cessation in England 2010
According to a 2009 report from the Health Economics Consulting Group, the city of San Francisco spent over 6 million dollars in 2008 removing cigarettes from gutters, drainpipes and sidewalks
Duke decided to start making cigarettes, which by 1880 (following their first commercial production, being rolled by hand, in New York about 1864) had become economically important
