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Tobacco industry contracts with retailers undermine tobacco control efforts by ensuring tobacco products are given prime placement to all customers, young and old, and by keeping cigarettes discounted. Allie Reimold, MA, doctoral student in the Department of Health Behavior at Gillings School of Global Public Health Through these contracts, tobacco retailers have control over prices, which oftentimes undermine local laws by offsetting nearby high-tax jurisdictions
