Cigarette taxes, prices, and disparities in current smoking in the United States

• Main Authors: Lucie Kalousova (Author), David Levy (Author), Andrea R. Titus (Author), Rafael Meza (Author), James F. Thrasher (Author), Michael R. Elliott (Author), Nancy L. Fleischer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Increasing cigarette taxes has been the cornerstone of tobacco control policy. Recent work has argued that raising cigarette taxes alone may no longer be an effective strategy for lowering smoking rates. We largely confirm these findings but also find that increases in price continue to predict lowe...