During the second year after the tax increase, cigarette sales increased by a significant amount.

The information available to consumers on the health risks of smoking remained largely unchanged in the period before and after the tax increase.

Most consumers were unaware that the tax on cigarettes was going to increase.

During the year following the cigarette tax increase, many consumers had less income, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than they had had in the previous year.

During the year after the tax increase, there was a greater variety of cigarettes on the market than there had been during the previous year.