As discussed here, the $1-per-pack increase was enacted as part of an overhaul of the Medicaid program that sought to eliminate a funding gap of $2.7 billion in FY2013
By definition, daily cigarette smoking is always less than total cigarette smoking prevalence, but the median difference between total and daily cigarette smoking among counties increased from 4.3 to 6.6 percentage points in males and 3.6 to 5.4 percentage points in females from 1996 to 2012
On average, those who smoke live ten years less than non-smokers
Co-lead author Dr Dinh Bui said: Our findings show how the damage caused by smoking can have an impact not only on smokers, but also their children and grandchildren
By Race and Ethnicity Nearly 15 out of every 100 non-Hispanic adults from other racial groups (14.9%) currently smoke cigarettes
Tracey KJ, Cerami A (1992)