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A key political objective of the federal and some of the state governments was thus to protect consumers from possible price rises in tobacco, alcohol and particularly petroleum products

Usually, a carton contains 10 packs of 20 cigarettes, for a total of 200 cigarettes

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This metric is fundamental in medical and public health contexts for assessing an individuals cumulative exposure to the harmful chemicals in cigarette smoke

Glantz, a cardiologist at the University of California, San Francisco medical school who is a longtime antagonist of the cigarette makers