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A pack-a-day smoker in New York City might pay up to $7,000 a year for cigarettes, according to Tobacco Insider, with taxes accounting for $2,500 of that total

- The brain and nervous system adapt strongly to alcohol, which is why stopping suddenly can cause tremors, seizures, hallucinations, or delirium tremens in higher-risk cases

This sharp decline was mostly due to a sharp increase in tobacco taxation starting in 1990 under then-President Jacques Chirac

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