Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51670 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5580
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
youth smoking
cigarette taxes
JEL: 
I10
I12
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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