Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/62578
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6688
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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 data covering the period 1988 to 2006 across many US states. Moreover, we provide new evidence on the importance of cotinine measures in explaining long-run smoking behavior and we investigate the sensitivity of smoking cessation to changes in excise taxes and their interaction with smoking intensity.
Subjects: 
tobacco
public health
compensatory behavior
excise taxes
JEL: 
D12
H25
I12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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