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Tob Control 2001;10:6 doi:10.1136/tc.10.1.6
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France : rolling round the curbs

  1. KARINA ODDOUX
  1. Comité français d'éducation pour la santé, Vanves cedex, France karina.oddoux@cfes.sante.fr
  2. Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer
  3. Paris, France
    1. PASCAL MELIHAN-CHEININ
    1. Comité français d'éducation pour la santé, Vanves cedex, France karina.oddoux@cfes.sante.fr
    2. Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer
    3. Paris, France

        The French Tobacco Act (the “loi Evin”) has led to the price of manufactured cigarettes doubling since 1992, and to sales decreasing 14.5% from 1991 to 1997. But during the same period, sales of roll-your-own tobacco (RYO) have doubled, because of their lower level of taxation. This phenomenon mainly concerns young people: almost 24% of 12 to 24 year olds say they smoke roll ups, against 17.7% for the overall population aged 12 to 75. These facts may explain why RYO papers have recently developed strong efforts to gain new customers.

        Since the total ad ban came into force …

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        • So what! Sue the bastards.
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          Tob Control published online March 1, 2001

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