PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - L. W. Green TI - Taxes and the tobacco wars DP - 1997 Jan 15 TA - Canadian Medical Association Journal PG - 205--206 VI - 156 IP - 2 4099 - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/2/205.short 4100 - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/2/205.full SO - CMAJ1997 Jan 15; 156 AB - In this issue (see pages 187 to 191) Dr. Vivian H. Hamilton and associates demonstrate that tax reductions introduced in 5 Canadian provinces in 1994 slowed the rate of decline in cigarette consumption in those jurisdictions. Although both reductions and increases in taxation have been shown to influence tobacco consumption, changes in smoking habits must also be understood in the context of battles being waged on other fronts in the tobacco wars. In addition, more finely detailed analyses are needed to determine the impact of taxation and other factors on the smoking habits of specific subgroups of the population, particularly teenagers.