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leave out from 'Campaign' to end and add 'and refutes its claim; notes that in both New Zealand and Canada, powerful economic factors, such as tobacco tax increases and economic recession are the decisive factors in reducing cigarette consumption in recent months; notes further that a decline in cigarette consumption was already under way in both countries several years before legislation banning tobacco advertising was imposed; draws attention to a recent Superior Court judgement in Canada, which overturned the Government's ban on tobacco advertising, concluding that it has not been established that prohibition of advertising has the effect of reducing consumption; points out that in Norway overall manufactured cigarette consumption has increased by nearly 60% since 1975, when tobacco advertising was banned, whereas in the UK, where advertising was permitted, consumption has declined by 19.8% in the decade; concludes that while consumption levels may change, tobacco advertising does not influence those levels, and so urges the UK Government to continue its consistent adherence to a Voluntary Code of Practice.'.