American Economic Journal:
Economic Policy
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The Effects of Tobacco Control Policies on Tobacco Products, Tar, and Nicotine Purchases among Adults: Evidence from Household Panel Data
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
vol. 8,
no. 4, November 2016
(pp. 103–23)
Abstract
We analyze the Nielsen Household Consumer Panel to estimate the effects of tobacco policies on tobacco-related purchases using within-household variation. We also match purchases to cigarette contents from NHANES. Higher cigarette taxes reduce cigarette purchases and increase smoking cessation product purchases, while estimates of smoking ban effects are less precisely estimated. Smokeless tobacco (SLT) taxes lead to reductions in SLT use but also lead to substitution among SLT products. We find evidence that cigarette taxes induce purchases of cigarettes with higher tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide contents, but this compensatory behavior is overwhelmed by the reduction in cigarettes purchased.Citation
Cotti, Chad, Erik Nesson, and Nathan Tefft. 2016. "The Effects of Tobacco Control Policies on Tobacco Products, Tar, and Nicotine Purchases among Adults: Evidence from Household Panel Data." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 8 (4): 103–23. DOI: 10.1257/pol.20150268Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- H25 Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
- H31 Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
- I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- L66 Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco; Wine and Spirits