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Want people to drink less? Make their cigarettes more expensive
A Washington University study finds that the same 10 percent cigarette price increase also leads to a 1 percent decrease in alcohol consumption.
Excessive drinking leads to about 88,000 deaths each year in the United States. Cigarette smoking adds another 440,000 deaths to the tally, most due to long-term health problems like cancer. A new study from the Washington University School of Medicine suggests you could take a bite out of both figures with one simple policy change.