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The punishment in this instance is on par with that for negligently causing death and other serious crimes

Economists recognize that this is one reason that actual revenues received from cigarette tax increases often fall short of projections.6 Another concern when states raise cigarette taxes is that high cigarette taxes tend to induce border shopping.7 Border shopping is another form of tax evasion and occurs when the residents of a state cross state lines to purchase cigarettes in a lower-tax state

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For Marlboro, by far the companys largest brand, volume dropped 4.9% but gained some market share as other tobacco brands performed worse during the quarter