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Decline in Cigarette Consumption Following Implementation of a
Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention and Education Program— Oregon,
1996-1998
February 26, 1999 / Vol. 48 / No. 7
The Friday, February 26, 1999, issue of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report (MMWR) contains a study titled, "Decline in Cigarette
Consumption Following Implementation of a Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention
and Education Program—Oregon, 1996-1998." The study released by the
Oregon Health Division and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
shows that a voter-approved measure to increase cigarette excise taxes by
$.30 (to $.68 per pack) and to implement a new comprehensive tobacco
prevention and education program reduced cigarette consumption by 11.3
percent between 1996 and 1998 (two years following the voter initiative);
thus reversing a 4-year period (1993-1996) of increasing consumption prior
to the measure.
Oregon—Reducing Cigarette Consumption through a
Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program — MMWR Highlights
Decline
in Cigarette Consumption Following Implementation of a Comprehensive
Tobacco Prevention and Education Program— Oregon, 1996-1998 —
February 26, 1999 / Vol. 48 / No. 7 ( PDF
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