Numbers: Sep. 13, 1999

$2.65 Projected price of a pack of U.S. cigarettes by 2000; 12.8% of it will be federal tax

$6.25 Price of a pack of cigarettes in Britain; 80% of it is tax

17% Drop in cigarette sales in Alaska after hiking the state tax from 29[cents] to $1

500% Increase in enrollments in the film class at the University of Central Florida that the creators of The Blair Witch Project took, since last year

5% Decrease in applications to medical schools in 1998 compared with 1997

1,966 Annual hours worked per person in the U.S. in 1997, up from...

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