61.   However, in rich countries like Japan and Switzerland where incomes are high but tobacco control programs are weak, cigarette prices are lower.

62.   It was the third increase in cigarette prices to distributors in a year.

63.   Last week, the companies were sued by wholesalers who allege they fixed cigarette prices.

64.   Lawsuits against tobacco companies, anti-smoking efforts and higher cigarette prices have not been good to those who grow the leaf.

65.   Ron Todd, director of tobacco control for the American Cancer Society, agreed that higher cigarette prices should result in fewer smokers of high school age.

66.   Studies indicate more Canadian young people are taking up smoking, and health groups say low cigarette prices are partly to blame.

67.   The industry raised cigarette prices to offset settlement costs.

68.   As a result, South Korean smokers will see a sharp increase in cigarette prices, swapped for what was hailed here as the restoration of tax sovereignty.

69.   WHO said cigarette prices tend to be higher in wealthier countries with strong tobacco control programmes, such as Norway, Australia and Hong Kong and China.

70.   The February rise was mainly due to higher cigarette prices, the announcement said.