Death and Tobacco Taxes

Michael J. Moore

No 5153, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This study analyzes the effects of tobacco excise tax changes on mortality due to heart disease, cancer, and asthma. Reduced form regressions of mortality rates on tax data for the years 1954-1988, with controls for state, year, income, and unobserved persistence, indicate that tax increases lead to statistically significant decreases in mortality. A 10% increase in the tax is projected to save approximately 5200 lives a year.

JEL-codes: H23 I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995-06
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Published as Moore, Michael J. "Death And Tobacco Taxes," Rand Journal of Economics, 1996, v27(2,Summer), 415-428.

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