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March 26, 2004 | Francis Thompson
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| Reforming the nicotine market: Options for regulating the manufacture and sale of tobacco products |
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This detailed paper discusses policy options for regulating the manufacture and sale of tobacco products. It is not intended to be a definitive policy prescription for the tobacco epidemic, nor even an agenda for the next decade, but rather a starting point for a debate that may well take several years. Click here for the pdf.
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According to the latest results from the Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS), for data collected between February and December 2005, slightly fewer than 5 million people, representing 19% of the population aged 15 years and older, were current smokers, of which 15% reported smoking daily. Approximately 22% of men were current smokers, higher than the proportion of women (16%). |
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