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I would like to thank Cohen et al. for their thoughtful comments about point-of-sale marketing and its potential influence on young adults attempts to quit using tobacco.1 Canada has been a leader in efforts to reduce point-of-sale advertising (e.g., powerwalls, countertop displays, outdoor and indoor signs).
In the United States, the tobacco industry spends the vast majority of its advertising and marketing dollars—$11 billion in 2003—on price-reduction strategies, such as coupons, volume-based discounts, "buy two, get one-free" specials, and "buying down" the price of existing products.2,3 This strategy reduces or negates the effect that tobacco excise tax increases have on
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