The Effect of E-Cigarette Taxes on Pre-pregnancy and Prenatal Smoking

Rahi Abouk, Scott Adams (), Bo Feng, Johanna Maclean and Michael Pesko

No 26126, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: E-cigarette taxes are an active area of legislation and have important regulatory implications by proxying e-cigarette accessibility. We examine the effect of e-cigarette taxes on pre-pregnancy and prenatal smoking using the near-universe of births to mothers conceiving between 2013 and 2019 in the United States. Using fixed effect regressions, we show that e-cigarette taxes increase pre-pregnancy and prenatal smoking. We also find evidence that e-cigarette taxes reduce pre-pregnancy and 3rd trimester e-cigarette use. Finally, we show that e-cigarette taxes increase news coverage of e-cigarettes and raise perceptions of risk of e-cigarettes.

JEL-codes: I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-07
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Published as Rahi Abouk & Scott Adams & Bo Feng & Johanna Catherine Maclean & Michael F. Pesko, 2023. "The effect of e‐cigarette taxes on pre‐pregnancy and prenatal smoking," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol 42(4), pages 908-940.

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