Cigarette Taxes, Smoking, and Health in the Long-Run

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

No 29145, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

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.

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Date: 2021-08
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Published as Andrew Friedson & Moyan Li & Katherine Meckel & Daniel I. Rees & Daniel W. Sacks, 2023. "Cigarette taxes, smoking, and health in the long run," Journal of Public Economics, vol 222.

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