Cigarette Taxes, Smoking, and Health in the Long Run

Andrew Friedson, Moyan Li, Katherine Meckel, Daniel I. Rees and Daniel W. Sacks

No 9232, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Medical experts have argued forcefully that using cigarettes harms health, prompting the adoption of myriad anti-smoking policies. The association between smoking and mortality may, however, be driven by unobserved factors, making it difficult to discern the underlying long-term causal relationship. In this study, we explore the effects of cigarette taxes experienced as a teenager, which are arguably exogenous, on adult smoking participation and mortality. A one-dollar increase in teenage cigarette taxes is associated with an 8 percent reduction in adult smoking participation and a 6 percent reduction in mortality. Mortality effects are most pronounced for heart disease and lung cancer.

Keywords: smoking; cigarette taxes; mortality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H20 I10 I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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