ANALYSIS from the Economist: When lots of people smoked, there were many “price-elastic” consumers. In plain English, they were sensitive to increases in the cost of a cigarette. As more people have quit, however, only the most committed smokers are still puffing. Companies have responded by raising prices at an ever-quicker pace. MY COMMENT: In…
Irony: quitters are making tobacco companies rich
Irony: quitters are making tobacco companies rich
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in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, managerial economics Tags: economics of smoking
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NewstalkZB reports: Police have restrained more than $2.5 million in assets, including four properties in Gisborne, after a discovery of undeclared tobacco was intercepted at the border. It comes after Customs intercepted 110kg of loose tobacco and more than 230,000 cigarettes – approximately 10,000 packets – concealed in Chinese tea packets in November last year, bound for residential and […]
Another big tobacco black market bust
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in economics of regulation, health economics, public economics Tags: economics of smoking
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in health economics, politics - Australia Tags: economics of smoking, meddlesome preferences, nanny state











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