11.   Allegations in a lawsuit that the companies conspired to fix cigarette prices sent the stocks lower.

12.   But in the Cornell study, which looked at youth smoking rates and cigarette prices over a period of years, researchers found that price had little effect.

13.   But public-health advocates have repeatedly insisted that cigarette prices must be raised quickly and sharply to achieve the goal of reducing teen-age smoking.

14.   But the decline in tobacco use can also be attributed to the hikes in cigarette prices caused by other tax increases.

15.   But, the CDC warned, it is unlikely that cigarette prices can be pushed up much further.

16.   Canada is often cited as an example of how raising cigarette prices creates a black market.

17.   Companies could help make up the foregone profit by increasing cigarette prices, analysts said.

18.   Economics professors Grossman and Chaloupka blamed the national rise in teen smoking on lower cigarette prices.

19.   Finance Minister Paul Martin last week said he plans to discuss provincial variations on cigarette prices and may consider raising the amount of federal tax being charged.

20.   Growers fear that higher cigarette prices will reduce smoking and thus cut demand for their crop.