The effect of tobacco tax cuts on cigarette smoking in Canada

Table 5: Number of cigarettes smoked per day
 Mean no. of cigarettes smoked per day
(and standard deviation)
 
Date of survey In provinces with tax cut In provinces without tax cut Difference in mean no.
April to June 1994 16.5  (10.31) 17.0  (10.88) 0.5
August to September 1994 16.3  (9.44) 17.5  (12.10) 1.2
November to December 1994 16.2  (9.22) 16.9  (10.98) 0.7
February to March 1995 16.4  (9.06) 16.5  (10.81) 0.1

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