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If we consider that the cost of a pack of cigarettes in Missouri is $4.91 and in New York, its $10.47, with all states somewhere in between, then the average price of a pack in the US works out to $6.65

Kruti Shrotri, policy manager at Cancer Research UK, who funded the study, said: 'The tobacco industry were clearly saying anything they could to try and undermine this health measure and protect their profits.' There are 7.2 million adult smokers in Britain, latest figures suggest, but this would reduce by 250,000 with an increase of 3.5 per cent in price

New Zealand in recent years also imposed a series of hefty tax hikes on cigarettes

Legislative efforts to create such a ban have repeatedly stalled and have not been enacted into law