Cigarette Sales Decline, Users Turn To Other Tobacco Products

Boston (dbTechno) - According to a new study carried out by the Harvard School of Public Health, cigarette sales may have declines in the U.S. in recent years, but the decline has been offset by the sale of non-cigarette tobacco products.

Researchers looked at federal government data from 2000 to 2007 and found that cigarette sales declined bu 18% from 21.1 billion packs of cigarettes to 17.4 billion packs.

What they also found though was that the sale of non-cigarette tobacco products increased greatly. The increase was equivalent to 1.1 billion packs of cigarettes.

The non-cigarette tobacco products which were most common included moist snuff, roll-your-own tobacco, and small cigars.

This shows that the belief that less people are using tobacco may just be a myth.

The reason for the increase in non-cigarette tobacco products is they are cheaper, and have less taxes.

The study has been published in the June 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.