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'This suggests that tobacco companies instigated the price rises and that their predictions of falling prices and rising affordability were intended to deter the government from implementing the policy.' Dr Critchlow and the team monitored price data for 20 leading tobacco products 15 factory-made cigarettes and five rolling tobacco products sold by 500 small retailers in Scotland, England and Wales The data was monitored for 18 months from May 2016 to October 2017 covering the period in which standardised packaging was introduced and fully-branded products phased out
