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SUBMITTER: Callaghan RC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2742140 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Callaghan Russell C RC Veldhuizen Scott S Leatherdale Scott S Murnaghan Donna D Manske Steve S
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 20090908 6-7
Current tobacco-control strategies seek to inhibit and reduce smoking among adolescents. However, such strategies are probably undermined by the contraband tobacco market. Using data from Canada's 2006/2007 Youth Smoking Survey, we found that 13.1% of respondents who were daily smokers reported that contraband cigarettes were their usual brand. They consumed significantly more cigarettes than respondents who smoked other brands. Contraband cigarettes accounted for about 17.5% of all cigarettes s ...[more]