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Just one in 10 Britons now light up a cigarette as the cost of a packet of 20 has soared due to rising taxes The decline in smoking rates has come as the average price of 20 king size filter cigarettes rose from 1.44 in 1987 to 14.59 last month Figures from the Office for National Statistics show how just 11 per cent of the British population aged 16 and over smoked last year - compared to 45 per cent in 1974

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But a decade later, in 1968, the figure had jumped to 78%, according to US National Library of Medicine

Nowadays, tobacco companies are following societys descent into wellness culture, boasting plant-based cigarettes even though tobacco is a literal plant

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