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Young people are less likely to already be addicted to cigarettes and thus more likely to be deterred by high prices

Risks related to heart disease, lung conditions, and cancers increase with every additional cigarette smoked, creating a bit of a daily consumption rollercoaster, with a lot fewer thrills and a lot more consequences

(2) requiring two consecutive waves of non-smoking excluded those who stopped smoking in the last 2 years of life due to terminal illness from being classified as sustained non-smokers, given potentially limited benefit of quitting during the terminal phase

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Our results are generally robust to changes in model assumptions and statistical uncertainty