passive smoking accounted for 23% of the total costs
Many other countries have similar laws in place
A Reynolds subsidiary, Northern Brands International Inc., was fined $75 million after pleading guilty under the Canadian Criminal Code to one count of conspiracy for helping others sell contraband cigarettes
A carton, sometimes referred to as a 200's cigarette box, holds 200 cigarettes at once
One study published in Cancer research revealed that smoking a pack of Kent Micronite cigarettes every day for a year would expose a smoker to 131 million carcinogenic crocidolite fibers
This probably came as a surprise to the corporate directors of Reynolds, American Tobacco, Liggett & Meyers, and Lorillard, and the price increases soon had a negative effect on their sales