U.S. Cigarette Demand: 1944-2004

Cheng Kai-Wen () and Donald Kenkel
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Cheng Kai-Wen: University of California, San Francisco

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2010, vol. 10, issue 1, 21

Abstract: We analyze individual-level data on cigarette smoking from 23 national cross-sectional surveys conducted by the Gallup Poll from 1944 through 2004. We estimate standard two-part models of cigarette demand as a function of demographics, income, and cigarette prices. Over the sixty year time-span covered in our data, smoking participation falls from almost 50 percent to 22 percent. We find that the influences of key demographic factors on cigarette demand change over time: the gender difference in smoking rates almost disappears, the black-white difference reverses, a strong gradient with schooling emerges, and a negative income elasticity emerges.

Keywords: cigarette; demand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2438

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