An anti-smoking lobby group says cigarette sales have dropped far more than expected since the Government raised the tax on tobacco.
End Smoking New Zealand says supermarket sales of both roll-your-own and tailor made cigarettes dropped 15 percent since a 10 percent price rise in April.
Chairman Dr Murray Laugesen says that's two-and-a-half times what the group predicted.
Dr Laugesen says unprecedented anti-smoking publicity has also contributed to the drop in sales.
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