Raising cigarettes taxes a deterrent to smoking?

Raising taxes on cigarettes, a public health measure used by governments to encourage people to quit, doesn’t motivate all smokers to stop the deadly habit. A study on the long-term impact of taxing cigarettes, led by two PhD students in the Department of Economics, Sunday Azagba and Mesbah Sharaf, found higher taxes do prompt low-and middle-income earners to quit: Lien multimedia.