Date: 2013
Type: Article
Taxes, cigarette consumption and smoking intensity : reply
American Economic Review, 2013, Vol. 103, No. 7, pp. 3102-3114
ADDA, Jérôme, CORNAGLIA, Francesca, Taxes, cigarette consumption and smoking intensity : reply, American Economic Review, 2013, Vol. 103, No. 7, pp. 3102-3114
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/29179
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This paper shows that smoking intensity, i.e. the amount of nicotine extracted per cigarette smoked, responds to changes in excise taxes and tobacco prices. We exploit NHANES data covering the period 1988 to 2006 across many US states. Moreover, using panel data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, we provide new evidence on the importance of cotinine measures in explaining long-run smoking behavior. We show the importance of smoking intensity as a long-run determinant of smoking cessation. We also investigate the sensitivity of smoking cessation to changes in excise taxes and their interaction with smoking intensity.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/29179
Full-text via DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.7.3102
ISSN: 1944-7981; 0002-8282
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