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Smoking rates have fallen sharply from their mid-century peak, yet the cultural signal is unmistakable

Its 85 percent at three months

This vintage 1972 Winston Cigarettes advertisement, titled "Fish Story," captures a quintessential moment from the 1970s

For more extensive analysis of the use of excise taxes in tobacco control, the WHOs 2010 Technical Manual on Tobacco Tax Administration is an excellent primer

Want to cure it

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