Although it would be difficult and potentially illegal to tax a product into nonexistence (a tax may not accomplish a prohibition which could not otherwise be imposed by law), there is no doubt that taxes influence behavior
Those who do quit typically require multiple attempts, usually 5 to 7 serious tries over time
I've been an Extension agent for 31 years, and I've done numerous research projects and on-farm tests, but I'm still learning about tobacco, Spivey said
-- Snus, which are small pouches containing tobacco
Dr Ludmil Alexandrov, first author from Los Alamos National Laboratory, said: Before now, we had a large body of epidemiological evidence linking smoking with cancer, but now we can actually observe and quantify the molecular changes in the DNA due to cigarette smoking