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Chunk #26 — Discussion

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Increased cigarette tax is associated with reductions in alcohol consumption in a longitudinal U.S. sample.
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al., 2013). Given evidence that alcohol-tobacco comorbidity is greatest among young adults and decreases with increasing age (Falk et al., 2006), these results have potential implications for prevention among vulnerable groups. While the associations of cigarette taxes and weekly alcohol consumption are modest to moderate, the impact of cigarette taxation may translate into clinically relevant differences if reductions in drinking are maintained and accumulated over time.