cigarettes in mexico bans smoking public and restricts tobacco promotion - JURIST Cigarette packs sold in Mexico

Where roll-your-own users have been able to save money by purchasing a pack of loose tobacco for $15 instead of buying the same amount of cigarettes for $55 a carton, next month they will pay closer to $30-40 for that same pack Public health officials and lawmakers say the higher tax will discourage tobacco use and provide important funding for SCHIP, at a time when the faltering economy has endangered health programs

The reason is that 2 weeks of withdrawal was so much better than dragging out the addiction

Cigarette smoking remains the largest single, preventable cause of death and disability in the United States [10], and, from the perspective of discouraging this deadly activity, a classic skull and crossbones-type poison symbol along with graphic images of the disease effects would seem warranted on packaging

Dimensions: 3744 x 5616 px | 31.7 x 47.5 cm | 12.5 x 18.7 inches | 300dpi Date taken: 13 May 2011