An increase in cigarette taxes will reduce cigarette consumption.
Therefore, it will have a negative effect on the cigarette
industry and tobacco farmers. It is important to estimate these
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negative impacts so that government policymakers can be
better informed when it comes to making decisions concerning
cigarette tax