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Footnotes
Acknowledgements: This research was conducted by the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, which receives funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport. The authors acknowledge Dr. K. Stephen Brown, Dr. Paul McDonald, Mr. J. Charles Victor and the Survey Research Centre at the University of Waterloo for their contributions to the Ontario Tobacco Survey. The authors also thank Ms. Rita Luk for her significant contributions in coding cigarette brand data.
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