Cigarette taxes: The straw to break the camel's back

Public Health Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 291-297

  Grossman, Michael ^a,b   Chaloupka, Frank J ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MARKETING; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAX; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; SMOKING; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747559106     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (26)

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention, Office of Smoking and Health. Preventing tobacco use among young people: a report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services; 1994.
2. American Cancer Society. The Great American Smokeout -November 21, 1996. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1996;45:961.
3. Johnston, LD, O'Malley PM, Bachman JG. National survey results on drug use from the Monitoring the Future study, 1975-1996 [press release]. University of Michigan News and Information Service; 1996 Dec 19.
4. Johnston DC. Anti-tobacco groups push for higher cigarette taxes. New York Times 1997 Apr 3; Sect. A:18.
5. Lewit EL, Coate D, Grossman M. The effects of government regulation on teenage smoking. J Law Econ 1981;24:545-69.
6. Johnston DC. Why the tobacco industry found taxes hazardous to its health. New York Times 1997 Apr 6; Sect E:7.
7. Chaloupka, FJ. An economic analysis of addictive behavior: the case of cigarettes [dissertation]. New York: City Univ.; 1988.
8. Becker GS, Grossman M, Murphy KM. Rational addiction and the effect of price on consumption. Am Econ Rev 1991;81:237-41.
9. Becker GS, Mulligan CB. On the endogenous determination of time preference. Chicago: Economics Research Center/ National Opinion Research Center; 1994. Discussion Paper 94-2.
10. Becker GS, Murphy KM. A theory of rational addiction. J Political Economy 1988;96:675-700.
11. Viscusi WK. Smoking: making the risky decision. New York: Oxford University Press; 1992.
12. Barker D. Changes in the cigarette brand preferences of adolescent smokers - United States, 1989-93. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1994;43:577-81.
13. Frazier LE, Okoro CA, Smith C, McQueen D. State-and sex-specific prevalence of selected characteristics - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1992 and 1993. MMWR CDC Surveill Summ 1996;45:SS-4:1-36.
14. State-specific prevalence of cigarette smoking-United States, 1995. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Report 1996;45: 962-66.
15. Tobacco Institute. The tax burden on tobacco: historical compilation. vol. 30. Washington: The Institute; 1996.
16. Bureau of the Census (US). Statistical abstract of the United States 1996. Washington: Government Printing Office; 1996.
17. Chaloupka FJ, Grossman M. Price, tobacco control policies and youth smoking. Cambridge (MA): National Bureau of Economic Research; 1996. Working Paper No. 5740.
18. Clymer A. 8 G.O.P. Senators back bill to aid uninsured youths. New York Times 1997 Apr 9: Sect. A:1.
19. Lewit EM, Coate D. The potential for using excise taxes to reduce smoking. J Health Econ 1982;1:121-45.
20. Wasserman J, Manning WG, Newhouse JP, Winkler JD. The effects of excise taxes and regulations on cigarette smoking. J Health Econ 1991;10:43-64.
21. Evans WN, Farrelly MC. The compensating behavior of smokers: taxes, tar and nicotine. College Park (MD): University of Maryland, Department of Economics; 1995.
22. Becker GS, Grossman M, Murphy KM. An empirical analysis of cigarette addiction. Am Econ Rev 1994;84:396-418.
23. Congressional Budget Office (US). Reducing the deficit: spending and revenue options. Washington: Government Printing Office; 1995.
24. Ohsfeldt RL, Boyle RG, Capilouto EI. Tobacco taxes, smoking restrictions, and tobacco use. Proceedings of the National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on the Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse; Cambridge, MA; 1997 Mar 27-28.
25. American Cancer Society. Smokeless tobacco could cause a national epidemic. Cancer News 1993;47:220.
26. Rodu, B. For smokers only: how smokeless tobacco can save your life. New York: Sulzberger & Graham; 1995.