Cigarette Taxes and the Social Market

Benjamin Hansen, Joseph J. Sabia () and Daniel Rees
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Joseph J. Sabia: San Diego State University

No 5580, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Previous researchers have argued that the social market for cigarettes insulates its participants from policies designed to curb youth smoking. Using state Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, we examine whether recent changes in state cigarette taxes affected how young smokers obtained their cigarettes. Our estimates suggest that tax increases reduce youth smoking participation primarily through their effect on third-party purchase, although there is evidence that they are negatively related to borrowing among younger teenagers and negatively related to direct purchase among older teenagers.

Keywords: youth smoking; cigarette taxes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51 pages
Date: 2011-03
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Published - published as 'Cigarette Taxes and How Youth Obtain Cigarettes' in: National Tax Journal, 2013, 66 (2), 371-394

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