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Nearly half of respondents believed it was the responsibility of the community, law enforcement, retailers and elected officials to help prevent the sale of single cigarettes

Two new studies from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Global Tobacco Control point to some possible solutions that could help curb tobacco's human health and environmental effects simultaneously, including banning cigarette filters and requiring manufacturers to pay for clean-up efforts

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This finding contradicts economists and policy makers typical assumption that consumers respond to taxes in the same way they respond to higher prices